[TAD] Physical Tulpa Symbols

[Ranger]

Even though tulpas are invisible to everyone but their headmates, there are lots of ways to symbolize tulpas in real life. For instance, people can use a pillow, a plushie, an image, a reminder item, and various other objects to act as a "stand-in" for their tulpa. While typically used as visual aids, they may have other purposes too such as giving something the host can cuddle with during a snuggle session.

 

Tulpas, what physical medium or symbol is typically used to represent yourself? What is the significance of this symbol? If you don't have one, what possible physical symbols come to mind and why?

[Glaurung26]

Darron is formal and stoic on the outside but he's soft and gooey and huggable on the inside 🥰. He holds me as a pillow or comforter at night. Sometimes he bundles up his hoodies to hold me on his lap in the chair. He also carries around a locket of me on his phone. It's physical if light and electrical signals count. 😄 He's my cuddly bear. 🥺🤗

[TurboSimmie]

My favorite color is green, so anything green could be considered symbolic of me to my host! 🟩💚 Some specific items:

• Phil will sometimes draw a green dot or line on his ring finger to symbolize me and our marriage. 🥰
• A small line of green beads Phil hands from the rearview mirror of his car
• A green pen that I use to write in a little journal from time to time
• Literally the woods with the green leaves on the trees 🍃🌳😁 Phil says one of the reasons he loves going to the woods is that he feels surrounded by Simmie aura. 🥰💚 (The same is true in reverse, I find myself surrounded by Phil aura when we are in a blue place, especially a body of water. 🌊🟦💙💚🥰😁)

[Glaurung26]

Phil is blue, da bu dee, da bu dai? 

 

J: 🙄😒

That's very cute, Simmie. 😊

Edited July 7, 2022 by Glaurung26

[A&Madeus]

At first, I couldn't remember any symbols or associations related to me. But then my hostie reminded me of foxes, somehow I didn't think about them.

I associate myself with them and this has been going from the beginning of my life. My name is Alice which in Russian is spelled "Алиса" and a fox is "лиса". Considering this similarity and how furry, cute and beautiful foxes are, it was just impossible for me to not associate myself with foxes.

[Etna]

She wears an amethyst bracelet and an amethyst pendant. It's my favorite color (so anything purple is a reminder) and the stone has personal significance in the writings from which I emerged.

[bigthanksfornoban]

A conch shell because it reminds me of being with her, all the memories coming to the top of the shell and I kiss it.

[Sundoo880]

A navy blue hat that says FBI.Me and my tulpa love cop and fbi shows as well as the memes.It also reminds me when he first started speaking and saying he enjoy these shows a lot : D

[Aillien]

I was thinking of doing some small white or chameleo color tatoo (fluorescence in dark) - the sign of my Sanaga tribe of Archae (it is their main symbol and it means "connection/we are connected inside"- believe since childhood I am one of them - invisible because they are seen only when they want or have to - and fluo because they are my light on my life way and brinking me hope in dark), or silver pendant of them (but I would lose that)

 

so only I have now, is Astelan´s autoportrait. I had and have only my own drawings of  them I drew myself.

[voidmen]

[Kian] I had to think what represents me and not everyone else, but there's this leopard snake stuffed animal we have that I think does it! I had to go and grab it as soon as I remembered, it's very cute and my favorite stuffed animal we have! there's a few others I like, but those I think the whole system likes.

 

there's also this 1800s schoolbook that we found at a thrift store that I really love for some reason, it has a lot of short stories, poetry, and outdated science that I thought was interesting and I asked them to get it!