Possession Question

[takingabreak]

This might not be in the correct place but...

Why is it that you can sometimes feel a tingling/numbness in the area that the tulpa is possessing? What causes that?

[Quilten]

It might just be that your mind recognizes that you are not in control, and therefore do not need feeling in that part of your body. I'm fairly sure that that's not it, but It's just a guess. I'm guessing it's something to do with the nerves or how your brain perceives it all.

[Linkzelda]

If one were to have a tulpa possess certain body parts or most of their body parts, in order for them to have "real" control, the host would have to learn to relax, which can lead to numbness/tingling.

 

It could be associated to things like Paresthesia and its many forms with tingling and numbing sensations, though the causes for that may be because of physical ailments and such that can be temporary or chronic.

 

Maybe the host and tulpa are inducing Paresthesia to some extent, or it could just be a psychosomatic experience similar to it.

[Thunderfrost]

I noticed something similar when I first started possession. I don't think this accounts for it, but I definitely noticed that Callista didn't quite understand which muscles to use once she started moving me, which seemed to increase that feeling. For example, she would lift my arm using more muscles than was necessary. I don't know if that would be part of what causes the numbness, but I don't have that as much anymore now that she's used to my body.

 

My friend who knows about Callista (and actually introduced me to tulpas) is rather interested in psychology (but is by no means a professional, keep in mind; it's just a hobby). I talked to him about how weird it felt when she was first moving my arm, and he said that it makes sense and that in terms of brain activity tulpas are similar to learning languages. Part of our brains end up set aside for our tulpas, and as we get more familiar with them and experiment with them, like with possession, other parts of our brain are connected to the part that contains our tulpa. The first day of possession by far felt the weirdest and most numbing, and he said that it was because my brain was rewiring my motor and movement abilities to the part of my brain that contains Callista, which seemed to be what chiefly caused the numbness and tingling.

 

Keep in mind that those are just guesses.