Effects of having a tulpa

[Caduceus]

Hi,

I'm curious about changes that getting a tulpa does to one's mind. To be specific, how are creativity and intelligence affected? I understand the process of making a tulpa as a path of concentration and imagination, also a tulpa supposedly brings you closer to your subconsciousness, so I would expect an increase to both, but at the same time - isn't it exhausting to have this 'background process' running in your head?

If you were a programmer, scientist or a writer, musician - basicly when you need raw brain power for the most of the day, are you better off with or without a tulpa?

[GuessWho]

If do something else that requires a lot of concentration, she fades out when I lose focus on her. I'm sure she can still watch me, but I can't sense her.

I have yet to get to a stage where I can be aware of / see her without consciously paying any attention to her.

 

Then again, I'm new to all this. There are surely more experienced members here to which it is already natural to be permanently aware of their tulpa.

[Guest EnnervateIndustries]

FYI, I'd recommend searching before post, there are a few other threads on this topic, some people don't like having too many threads on a topic.

 

Random answer fragments:

 

I do get some of the same effects as GuessWho, Maia fades a bit when I'm gaming and stuff, but to a lesser degree (I think)

As a musician, I don't have any problems when I'm playing, then again, she's either silent when I play or fades like mentioned before.

You really don't even notice the "background process" at all after a very short time, actually.

[Chupi]

Mine aren't imposed yet, but my ability to communicate with them does diminish when I'm focusing on something else. Some who have imposed tulpae experience this, others don't. I think it at least partially has to do with how focus works.

 

When you're really focused on something, everything else may as well not exist. This applies to physical things as well. Sure it's there, but you aren't experiencing it.

 

I do however occasionally experience "thought stealing". I'll be thinking something, and usually phrasing the thought into words. Suddenly I feel the thought slipping away from me, as if it's being pulled or slipping through my fingers. After this happens, I have no idea what I was just thinking. Sometimes I can get it back if I can recall what I was thinking before, and trace it forward. Other times it's hopeless. It happens most when I'm saying something to a tulpa. If I need to think about something and don't want them to do it, it doesn't happen often at all.

[Kiahdaj]

I don't really believe the tulpa creation process has been recorded to increase intelligence, or creativity, necessarily.

Regarding "exhaustion" from them doing their own thing, and so forth: you'd be surprised how much your subconscious is doing, without your knowing. The subconscious is capable of doing many things simultaneously, including "running" a tulpa. It's the consciousness that has such limitations.

Also, as Chupi said, nothing exists to you if you pay it no mind, but it's still there.

Just as a friend could be doing something in the other room, that you don't know about, a tulpa still exists, and functions without you paying attention to them.

[Laurora]

Aurora is constantly with me, but when I concentrate on something else more than her, she'll walk behind me or "swim" (she can swim in the air) out of my view, instead of her just "fading". We'll stop talking too, just like school friends would if they were busy concentrating on work.

For the creativity thing, she often helps. She'll suggest I do something to my pictures in art class, and it always improves it. She'll hum a tune or sing a song when I'm in music class, too.

She hasn't helped me in english or math yet, but I haven't had her with me in those classes yet.