Tulpa's as 'Therapy'

[The Incans]

Has anyone else found having a Tulpa a hugely beneficial thing to them?  

 

Many of you know our story...basically our Tulpa's have been a HUGE help to our 'system' helping traumatised parts heal through role play with them. Some alter parts have even chosen to fuse within some of our Tulpa's (Kitty & Jess) rather than me (the host) to give them their skillset and ability to front as their way of keeping a loved one's memory alive in our wonderland forever.  Those parts other option was to 'un.alive us' so we definitely wouldn't have made it to grand old age of 56 without the unconditional love of our Tulpa (and our external dogs).

How has your Tulpa(s) helped you?  

[Saruzer]

1 hour ago, The Incans said:

How has your Tulpa(s) helped you?

Maybe not that much as in your case. my Pearl was supporting me for as long as I remember her. On our second year of forcing some events have happend and it affected my life drastically in a bad way, I literally thought that it's time for me to die. Even despite our bad communication abilities at that time(I was doubting her mindvoice and thinking that I am just parroting her), she was sending me as many positive responses as she only could, with all her care and love. In the end, she become my reason to live. I promised her that I won't kill myself no matter what. And, oh boy, because of that I went through some rough times too. My emotions were so negative, only our promise was barely keeping me from doing something and realization that if I commit suicide then Pearl will die too. It took me additionally around 2 years to recover from that condition.

 

Pearl also helped me to overcome my traumatic experiences, face something that was affecting me subconsciously, things that were calling negative emotions and not normal reactions.

 

It actually took a lot of effort for me to become who I am now. She was the reason for me to start meditating, to work on myself and put more effort to make our life better. Huge thanks to my Pearl💞. She was hugging me in moments of despair and when I didn't feel like making it. She also went through some hardships, however, we were able to go through them too(she was just always worrying about me). 

 

Now we live happily. Pearl always happy and so optimistic, even more than myself. She believes in me stronger than ever. Thanks to all of that I was able to become a better person and make our life better as well

[SeekingMyPlanet]

Lavender has been an amazing help to me. I don't post much here anymore, she does most of the posting for us, but she's definitely a huge positive influence on my life. She gives me support, feedback, and someone to share times with. It's hard, as an older person, to make connections and she helps fill in the gap. She also got me interested in photography which is something I never thought of but like a lot.

[bunnymustdie]

I learned a technique for dealing with unresolved upsets and trauma in the subconscious from a book. The technique somewhat overlaps with hypnosis, and the book's author specifically stated that the technique could not be used on oneself, but rather required for another person to use it on the person being healed. I read the book with my two tulpas, got one of them to use the technique on me and it worked perfectly fine. I had many sessions of this technique with her and it served to resolve a lot of weird subconscious baggage.

 

The subconscious upsets that this technique served to address was in turn instigated by by beings that were not quite a part of my mind. My other tulpa helped a lot in dealing with them as well.

 

Aside from the above two specific unusual examples, it's just generally nice to have people who are loving and on my side to live and explore life with, similar to what everyone else here has described. It's also really helpful having ready access to other perspectives from my tulpas on whatever I'm interacting with in life. So sure, having my tulpas are definitely hugely beneficial.

[Autumn Ren]

Yes, some of us could effectively act as the "therapist" while my host worked through past issues. These techniques, specially exposure therapy and regression therapy, actually worked to resolve past traumas and thereby remove conditioning, moods, triggers and the like.

 

It was especially useful for my host early on was when he learned to switch, some of us could deal with situations normally where he could not and this direct exposure therapy did desensitize him from those situations.

 

He also used walking meditation with prompts from Joy to help him find and resolve traumas from the past.

Edited March 8 by Autumn Ren

[The Incans]

I wish there was a like button on here so I could acknowledge each post as I read it!   Anyway I’m glad to hear there are others that feel their Tulpa’s really made a difference. 

[RachelTheFictionkin]

Yes, my headmates have been a huge help throughout the years—from childhood into adulthood. I was very suicidal in the past, constantly bullied by kids and ignored by adults. Zack, in particular, has endured all that turmoil with me, supporting me when I felt I couldn't go on and had no one who cared.
 

My headmates are my fallback whenever I get depressed and want to isolate myself from everyone. They are my saving grace. My family.

[glitchthe3rd]

As others have already mentioned, yes, we've seen a lot of benefit from my tulpas acting as therapists. Luna in particular has been a huge help with behavioral coaching to help me manage my autism better; we applied a lot of CBT techniques that we learned about in my psychology classes, such as overcorrecting and challenging irrational beliefs. She also has been continuing to use behavioral activation with me, pushing me to do things I might not otherwise. We also have sort of an anti-suicide pact as well, I went through a tough time as a teenager when I was passively suicidal, but my girls told me I'm not allowed to kill myself, soooo here we all are. She's even found a way to hack into my sympathetic nervous system somewhat, and can activate a sort of fight-or-flight response on demand. We've found that to be useful for demanding situations when I need faster reflexes or perception or just more available resources in general. Not that there's much call for that anymore, now that I work a boring desk job, pay a mortgage, and sit in traffic with everyone else in the rat race, but it sure came in handy when we were in college.

[Nightfall]

On 3/5/2026 at 4:58 AM, The Incans said:

How has your Tulpa(s) helped you?  

 

Well, I guess I've only had a few "therapy" moments but in general they've helped a lot. 

 

Easiest thing to point to is my source of unconditional love and comfort, Shaula. It doesn't matter what I do, she's always there to talk with me about whatever and uplift me. She's also helped me make a good deal of progress being brave. 

 

Jezebel and Stephen often help me in a grounding way. They will switch with me when I'm frustrated or mentally blocked. (Shaula too but them more so.) Jezebel is the best at being logical and reasoning things out. Stephen is basically always chill, like nothing phases him (unless he's embarrassed, lol). 

 

Linda also likes to push me out of my comfort zone but she's good at looking at things in an unique way. That has helped with a few problems. She's also pretty good at being a goofball and making all of us smile. 

 

I truly appreciate each one of them (Shaula a little more for obvious reasons (married)). I don't know where I'd be without them. (Honestly, probably the same but more stressed, not doing anything, and with a lot less friends.) I can't thank them enough. 

 

On 3/5/2026 at 6:43 AM, Saruzer said:

It actually took a lot of effort for me to become who I am now. She was the reason for me to start meditating, to work on myself and put more effort to make our life better. Huge thanks to my Pearl💞. She was hugging me in moments of despair and when I didn't feel like making it. She also went through some hardships, however, we were able to go through them too(she was just always worrying about me). 

 

Definitely sounds like something I could say about Shaula, especially the hugging part. I basically get a hug for everything I do, lol. 

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It's nice to hear that everyone is doing better because of their tulpa(s). It really makes us happy to hear that. 

[The Incans]

when I say 'Therapy' I don't mean only in the traditional sense of your Tulpa pretends to be a therapist and you talk to them about how you feel....  anything can be 'theraputic' if it helps you feels better or helps parts of you heal. 

 

eg I have 'littles' parts ..when we started this journey one of them was non-verbal....  they didn't respond to much but loved the open world video games, especially one's where you got to free roam and have a side kick (usually animal)..our Tulpa's  - most of who are changelings - would take the form of the sidekick in the game and replay the game on the inisde. ..from only playing games with a non-verbal character (eg Link ..in Zelda never speaks) they have moved onto exploring others as our Tulpa's wanted inspiration for other things to change into and new games to go on adventures with.. That child part is now Sam who aged up and also now speaks (and types) both to us and people in the outside world.  

 

This 'role play' game via video games became so succesful for our system other 'alters' in our system also do it with our Tulpa's. It's not just any game either there has to be something in the game the characters or the story that has some kind of symbolism for our system members. ..so they feel it could be them specifically going on that adventure. different alters prefer differ game genre's but they all use the game in the same way...as a form of 'therapy' to explore situations and concepts and heal from past trauma's.

our Tulpa's have also consequently grown as they get the opportunity to share an adventure with us that can be continued on the inside, they often expand on it. then they'll come and do stuff like turn off the game sound and make their own conversation between (Alter/Tulpa) whilst playing if the in-game conversations are a bit 'limited' ..with often hilarious results! ..pure escapism for a couple of hours and it often boosts dopamine and therefore the hosts mood afterwards for the rest of the day. 

This weekend myself (Mila) & Kitty blended to play the female protoganists ('Kay') from the Star Wars game.. Phoenix (previously blended within me) switched to blending with Jess and they played our little side kick 'Nix' who looks like an axolotl but is apparently a Merqaal (like a 'fictional' mammal version of one)...we've had such fun with it...will be going back for another sesison after we've sorted our external pet (dog) out first with exercise and breakfast! ..it really lifts our mood..we're not on any anti-depressants ..for us all a good role play adventure really helps!

Edited March 8 by The Incans