Guys... is getting into tulpamancy/imposition like actually worth it?

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Alright so i basically just got here from tiger123 and im wondering is like getting into any of this like actually kinda worth it?

I have too much free time and i wanna quit gaming to do something "useful" instead and i mean becoming a literal lowercase god seems cool as shit
Ive always saw myself as a creative kiddo growing up and ive been trying imposition for the past few days with moderate success
I think i have enough free time and sanity for this
Should i maybe do something first like maybe try making a servitor before a tulpa is one easier to make then the other?
Should i try imposing first or making a servitor?
Should i actually do any of these?

Gimme some advice yall have

Every reply is appreciated! :)

[Luminesce]

We don't really teach anything involving servitors here, some members just do that on their own

Imposition technically doesn't have to have anything to do with tulpamancy, you could practice it as a skill on its own along the lines of visualization, if you wanted (outside of tulpamancy, where it's very rare, it'd be called "prophantasia")

And uhh, don't really know what you mean by "becoming a literal god". It's an entirely internally contained experience, even though I believe human brains have a built-in ability to do this sort of thing, I don't think it's anything other than a psychological phenomenon. The effects on you could be good (like tulpa encouraging you in life, or helping cope with loneliness (but not cure it)), or not, if you're prone to invasive thoughts/imagined things (ie with schizophrenia, though a good number of people with less severe cases seem to consider tulpamancy a positive experience - experiences will vary, but I wouldn't recommend it as there's increased potential to fall for invasive thoughts and letting them distress you)

 

Also don't know if I'd call it doing something useful :P

As useful as having another person in your head to talk to - sharing your same brain - is. Tulpas are surprisingly capable of holding different perspectives and making you realize things you wouldn't have on your own, but still only within the capacity of your exact brain to be other ways. They're still limited in most of the same ways you are, although they may help you realize ways in which you were only limiting yourself from being.

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42 minutes ago, Luminesce said:

We don't really teach anything involving servitors here, some members just do that on their own

Imposition technically doesn't have to have anything to do with tulpamancy, you could practice it as a skill on its own along the lines of visualization, if you wanted (outside of tulpamancy, where it's very rare, it'd be called "prophantasia")

And uhh, don't really know what you mean by "becoming a literal god". It's an entirely internally contained experience, even though I believe human brains have a built-in ability to do this sort of thing, I don't think it's anything other than a psychological phenomenon. The effects on you could be good (like tulpa encouraging you in life, or helping cope with loneliness (but not cure it)), or not, if you're prone to invasive thoughts/imagined things (ie with schizophrenia, though a good number of people with less severe cases seem to consider tulpamancy a positive experience - experiences will vary, but I wouldn't recommend it as there's increased potential to fall for invasive thoughts and letting them distress you)

 

Also don't know if I'd call it doing something useful :P

As useful as having another person in your head to talk to - sharing your same brain - is. Tulpas are surprisingly capable of holding different perspectives and making you realize things you wouldn't have on your own, but still only within the capacity of your exact brain to be other ways. They're still limited in most of the same ways you are, although they may help you realize ways in which you were only limiting yourself from being.

by becoming a god i meant having a wonderland... i dont even know why i used the wording without context but id say making something like that would make you a god in a certain sense...

i just see this as another skill to master although im not too sure if it is
and thats what im asking
am i putting my nose where it doesnt belong

i dont need any of this but i wouldnt mind having some cool abilities anyways just for the sake of it yknow?

[Luminesce]

I'm not sure what would make someone's nose belong here..

 

A wonderland is just what we call the usually-consistent setting you visualize you and your tulpa(s) in, it's just normal visualization although it may have more importance to your tulpa as basically their home, if desired

No rules though, you could imagine yourselves in a new place every time and call it whatever you want

Anyways, no one's stopping you, we're here as a resource to guide people on the subject after all

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4 minutes ago, Luminesce said:

I'm not sure what would make someone's nose belong here..

 

A wonderland is just what we call the usually-consistent setting you visualize you and your tulpa(s) in, it's just normal visualization although it may have more importance to your tulpa as basically their home, if desired

No rules though, you could imagine yourselves in a new place every time and call it whatever you want

Anyways, no one's stopping you, we're here as a resource to guide people on the subject after all

Some stuff id say everything on here kinda seems too good to be true
and i mean... try imagining your current self talk with your old self about tulpamancy - would you suggest it? (besides using it as a coping mechanism) or have any opinions on it you wish you knew?

[An Ashy Individual]

None of the cool abilities you can get from tulpamancy actually require tulpamancy.

If you just want to learn some neat things I'd actually recommend various types of mediation or just bog-standard practice much more.

(For example, I can feel my pulse in my entire body whenever I want and manually control my body temperature a bit, both of which I learned due to being bored for a while.)

 

As for recommending tulpamancy to my past self... I'm not sure. I think I'd have told my past self to wait a while until I got more free time and energy and to then start doing it. It's a massive commitment, but a worthwhile one if you do it right.

The one thing I wish I knew is that your headmates can (and probably will) have different limits, deal-breakers, and fears than you. Sounds kind of obvious, I know, but it's something I really needed to adjust to.

Edited November 14, 2025 by An Ashy Individual

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17 minutes ago, An Ashy Individual said:

None of the cool abilities you can get from tulpamancy actually require tulpamancy.

If you just want to learn some neat things I'd actually recommend various types of mediation or just bog-standard practice much more.

(For example, I can feel my pulse in my entire body whenever I want and manually control my body temperature a bit, both of which I learned due to being bored for a while.)

 

As for recommending tulpamancy to my past self... I'm not sure. I think I'd have told my past self to wait a while until I got more free time and energy and to then start doing it. It's a massive commitment, but a worthwhile one if you do it right.

The one thing I wish I knew is that your headmates can (and probably will) have different limits, deal-breakers, and fears than you. Sounds kind of obvious, I know, but it's something I really needed to adjust to.

wait so i would have to do stuff both of us arent scared off so i dont just have a guy in my head internally screaming?
Can they even see via my eyes or is that like a separate thing you can make them do?

Edited November 14, 2025 by placeholder321

[Luminesce]

No one in my system is particularly scared of anything

They'll probably be pretty close to how you initially imagine them, though they will grow as people over time like you yourself do

 

And considering I've spent the last 11 years active on this site, I think I might appreciate tulpamancy, lol

I recommend it to anyone it sounds good to, I don't recommend it to people with schizophrenia/etc., or who expect superpowers

But those are just recommendations-or-not, you decide for yourself if having an internal life companion sounds like something you want in your life

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2 minutes ago, Luminesce said:

No one in my system is particularly scared of anything

They'll probably be pretty close to how you initially imagine them, though they will grow as people over time like you yourself do

 

And considering I've spent the last 11 years active on this site, I think I might appreciate tulpamancy, lol

I recommend it to anyone it sounds good to, I don't recommend it to people with schizophrenia/etc., or who expect superpowers

But those are just recommendations-or-not, you decide for yourself if having an internal life companion sounds like something you want in your life

alright

[An Ashy Individual]

48 minutes ago, placeholder321 said:

wait so i would have to do stuff both of us arent scared off so i dont just have a guy in my head internally screaming?
Can they even see via my eyes or is that like a separate thing you can make them do?

Your headmates see and feel everything you do unless you specifically go out of your way to prevent that.

The easiest thing to notice for us is how my headmate gets embarrassed way more easily than me from talking about various random topics. She's also a more anxious person than me.