Can a Tulpa be programmed to clear a blocked nose

[tania]

This was my latest experiement... and I just want to share it was successful. My new Tulpa can almost instantly clear my nose with like vics vapour drops like breath (it was supposed to be peppermint breath but he altered it) when my nose is blocked.

 

Ive programmed a lot of different things into him so I can try to find out what can and cant be done.

[Lacquer]

Why do you keep saying programmed? These aren't servitors. These aren't machines.

 

Also I have no idea what you want out of this thread. You said your tulpa could do it (probably placebo), so why are you asking? As far as I know, no one's specifically attempted a nose-clearing thing before, so you're the only one with experience.

[Slushie]

Nasal congestion has no neurological causes or control. As such your tulpa is incapable of clearing your blocked nose for you.

[Guest Anonymous]

Well, I've noticed when I get scared or shocked by something, my nasal cavities seem to open up... perhaps ask your tulpa to do something to scare you?

 

Or if you're looking for a "programmed" entity, a servitor that all you need to do is activate it, and it'll give you a vision or even a hallucination of your greatest fear... or even play a creepy sound cue.

 

I don't know, I feel like such a tulpa is feasible.

 

But yeah. Tulpalamas aren't programmed. Bad Tania. Bad.

[Sands]

Well, you tell me. Can you be programmed to clear a blocked nose? Same answer.

[Chupi]

Nasal congestion has no neurological causes or control.

 

Strangely enough, I've found a spot in my mind that if I mentally prod at, it somewhat helps with nasal congestion. When I hit the spot correctly, it feels sort of like a tight string being pulled inside my brain.

 

I suspect what's actually happening is one of two things: Maybe I've found some muscle somewhere around my throat or sinuses that isn't mapped in my brain in a way that I can activate it sensibly, and poking at this area makes it contract. Or maybe I've gained some small level of conscious control over the blood vessel dilation around the nasal cavity. (Which doesn't seem that far-fetched as blood vessel dilation is the explanation I've heard for tummo, conscious regulation of body temperature, another thing I am able to do somewhat.)

 

Either way it's something that I can do, so however it's done, one of my tulpae should be able to learn to do it as well.

[Slushie]

Chupi, I suppose it's possible you might be able to control a facial muscle that helps open your nasal cavities, but it wouldn't instantly clear it as claimed in the OP. To do that you'd need to consciously control the inflammation of the nasal membranes, which I really don't think is possible.

[Lacquer]

Nasal congestion has no neurological causes or control. As such your tulpa is incapable of clearing your blocked nose for you.

I wouldn't think that this would be possible. Mainly because tulpa cannot affect the physical world in any way. (that I've seen) So this should technically be "impossible" or whatever particular term you want to use.

But who knows? The mind is a very powerful thing and if you believe something with enough conviction(at least something to do with your own physical body) it may actually happen. I'm certainly no expert on that. But as far as your tulpa doing it intentionally? Personally I have doubts about that, but there is no reason to say for sure that such a thing is completely impossible.

Well, you tell me. Can you be programmed to clear a blocked nose? Same answer.

 

Strangely enough, I've found a spot in my mind that if I mentally prod at, it somewhat helps with nasal congestion. When I hit the spot correctly, it feels sort of like a tight string being pulled inside my brain.

 

I suspect what's actually happening is one of two things: Maybe I've found some muscle somewhere around my throat or sinuses that isn't mapped in my brain in a way that I can activate it sensibly, and poking at this area makes it contract. Or maybe I've gained some small level of conscious control over the blood vessel dilation around the nasal cavity. (Which doesn't seem that far-fetched as blood vessel dilation is the explanation I've heard for tummo, conscious regulation of body temperature, another thing I am able to do somewhat.)

 

Either way it's something that I can do, so however it's done, one of my tulpae should be able to learn to do it as well.

Chupi, I suppose it's possible you might be able to control a facial muscle that helps open your nasal cavities, but it wouldn't instantly clear it as claimed in the OP. To do that you'd need to consciously control the inflammation of the nasal membranes, which I really don't think is possible.

 

P L A C E B O

[Chupi]

It sounds like OP's tulpa is using an imposed scent. I know that some scents can clear the nose, even without having some vapor in them that directly affects the nasal membranes. I don't know whether an imposed version of the same scent would do the same.

 

P L A C E B O

What exactly do you mean by that? Nobody here is claiming actual physical interaction between tulpa breath and nasal membranes. If someone has a tulpa who can reliably decongest their host's nose, we're looking at either a perceived change in the same quantity of blockage, or a change in the amount of blockage.

 

I know that in my case, it isn't a phony perceived change in blockage. I can do it when zero air can travel through one nostril. I feel draining occurring, dripping in my throat, etc. After a couple minutes of this, some air can travel through that nostril. I can't really see this being just me fooling myself.

 

The other possibility is that there is actually a reduction in blockage. It's possible that it would have drained at that moment had I done nothing. But the timing of it and that I've done it more than just a few times suggest there's some sort of cause-and-effect relationship.

 

Of course, it could be cause-and-effect the other way around: The nose clogs, causing me to do the thing that I do. Then it unclogs on its own, shortly after what I did. The timing works this way because I get fed up with it when it's worst. However, before I started doing this, if my nose clogged this way, it would often remain that way the rest of the day.

 

This leads me to suspect what I'm doing actually helps it unclog. I don't know how it works. I suspect some muscle movement, or that the brain has some small level of control over inflammation. But regardless of how it works, let's look at the topic of this thread, which is if it works, and not jump to conclusions on that question because we don't know how it might work.

[Slushie]

I know that some scents can clear the nose, even without having some vapor in them that directly affects the nasal membranes.

What scents can clear the nose without an associated chemical that affects the nasal tissues?