So what do you do when

[G|d30n]

Make sure to listen to my tones if you aren't already, too; they can be found in the Resources section.

 

I was starting to worry about you because you'd already replied once without mentioning your tones.

 

His tones are actually helpful though. Sometimes I even play the Tulpatone and the Theta Tone at the same time because I'm a head daredevil. They actually make kind of a pleasant little harmony together.

 

But yeah, they're helpful. Even if hypothetically it turned out that they're a placebo (and I'm not saying they are--I found them genuinely useful during visualization and I even cited them in my progress report as one of a few main factors I credit for my great progress in the time I've been doing this), they at the very least put you in the mindset that you're going to sit down and focus on forcing and nothing else, and they leave a pleasant little feeling in your head afterward too.

[Guest applesauce99]

Isn't writing a story about your tulpa and what it does bordering on parroting, which is presumed to be bad for development/creation on a pre-sentient tulpa?

[G|d30n]

Opinions differ about parroting. Some actually use it during pre-sentience to establish things like facial expressions, gestures, and voice. I don't think writing a story counts as parroting anyway since you're not actually making your tulpa do anything, just like you're not actually doing any of the actions you're writing in the story. You can think about your tulpa without actually projecting actions onto them.

[Guest applesauce99]

Ah, I see

[ThatOneGuy]

Well, I see you folks have already helped the anon out. I honestly don't see any reason to have zero progress after 2 months of steady forcing though.

[Guest]

- When you narrate, do you feel like you're talking to your tulpa, or just yakking at yourself?

Myself. Ive been working on this, but even when I dont feel like Im talking to myself it still feels more like Im talking to a wall then to another person.

- Do you fall asleep when forcing much at all? Doing so is really bad, and can make the tulpa disappear for a time so you can't sense it.

I was. I started taking my old prescription to avoid this, but there is a reason I quit taking them to being with, so they arent an option. Its why I started forcing from a treadmill on its lowest setting.

 

 

- Either tie a string to your finger, wear a ring, or paint your hand with a permanent black marker (a dot maybe)

I had considered this when I was getting started, but was worried that she would end up 'linked' or 'bound' to the object I was using to remember her.

- Instead of doing 2x 30 minutes, try to make 3x 40 minutes. If this is not possible, then put in 10 or 15 minute sessions; note that every session you do, will remind you of her. (expectancy and impression of sessions)

I will try to change my schedule.

- During these sessions, devote some time to revising and enforcing personality, even if it is boring because you already did it.

I do,usually its the easiest way to come up with something to talk about.

What helped me is writing short stories about us.

Will try.

You sit down and prepare to tulpaforce, as usual. But instead of going into your headspace, wonderland or whatever you might call it you just imagine yourself in the dark.

 

It is just you and her in your brain. You know where you are and how to get out, she does not. Now you take some time and look through your mind. Call for her if necessary.

As you are searching for her, you have to inspect every sensation, every pressure and everything that might be your Tulpa.

 

If you have something that could be your Tulpa - build on it. Talk to it, send it emotions, put attention into it.

 

Sometimes it's just a false alarm, but when you find your Tulpa, you will know it's her. Don't stop to "feed" her and you will feel at least something very unusual.

 

To me it was like a wall of feelings. Anxiety, excitement, fear, astonishment - kinda the feeling you get when you enter a lucid dream and drop out shortly afterwards, just much stronger.

Well I do get some slight pressure now and then, but nothing that seems out of the ordinary. I will change my routine and try your method, I dont have anything to lose. Thanks for your advice.

 

come up with three very short sentences about the trait you're gonna work on (e.g. "You are funny." for a "funny" trait), then repeat those throughout the entire session. You work on one trait per session, and repeat it later in another session if necessary. You can say the sentences out loud or in your head, though I definitely recommend saying them out loud. You shouldn't try to visualize your tulpa while doing this, however; develop personality fully until you feel that you get enough emotional responses, then focus on visualization. I'm making steady progress doing things this way as we speak.

I guess Im done with her body. Will try this while working on personality.

Make sure to listen to my tones if you aren't already, too; they can be found in the Resources section.

I was listening to meditativewave then switched to purple, changing to your tulpatone now.

And please don't use a wonderland; you're wasting precious brain power on a living background that you're going to throw away anyway, power that could otherwise be fully focused on your tulpa only. Just saying.

Yeah no more body or wonderland, cutting it back until something happens. Thank again for your thoughts.

 

Well, I see you folks have already helped the anon out. I honestly don't see any reason to have zero progress after 2 months of steady forcing though.

I dont either. I wonder if a tulpa can just reject a person.

[Mercurial]

From what you've said - that you have trouble staying awake while forcing - I'd really recommend sleeping more often, not only so you can force more effectively but also because sleep deprivation comes with a myriad of health problems. How often are you sleeping per day now?

 

I dont either. I wonder if a tulpa can just reject a person.

 

They won't. This just doesn't happen.

[Hoppip]

I had considered this when I was getting started, but was worried that she would end up 'linked' or 'bound' to the object I was using to remember her.

 

I have drawings of mine stuck to my wall which serve as a good reminder of her, though of course it's the sort of thing that requires a room that other people don't come in very often (to avoid awkward questions)

[Sheep LI]

Don't talk like that, it's not over. You need to imagine combining your powers between you and your tulpa during tulpaforcing.