First emotional response?

[Yea, but]

So, I was in class today and my teacher showed us one of those huge bandaids on his head, and i almost instantly said "awww" and felt empathetic.

 

 

Now that cute and touching and all, but i hate this guy. With a passion.

 

After imediatly looking around to see if anyone had noticed this off-color feeling from me, i wondered where the hell it came from.

 

I then thought of my tulpa, which "caring" and "kind" are some of its traits.

 

Although it sounds like an emotional response, i only have about 1-2 hours (3, if you count the "sleepy" isochronic experimentation) on personality.

 

 

thoughts?

[tulpatalk]

Talking out my ass here, but maybe you creating and thinking about your nice tulpa is making you nicer and more empathetic. Not the tulpa making you feel the emotion, but your concentrated thinking about that emotion could cause you to have it more.

[FAQ man]

That's not an emotional response in the classical sense of the term. An emotional response is when an already sentient tulpa responds to external stimuli or something within your brain with a wave of emotion as opposed to speaking. This is usually just something that happens prior to the tulpa becoming vocal.

 

I'm going to agree with tulpatalk on this one.

[Yea, but]

Thats what i thought it was. Knew it wasn't the tulpa.

 

 

Wanted to make a whole thread for newer people to read if they have questions and such.

 

thanks for the input.

[FAQ man]

Yeah, but the title of the thread says emotional response, you say it sounds like an emotional response (when it doesn't) and then say you knew it wasn't an emotional response. Just kind of confusing, I guess.

[Yea, but]

Yea, i understand. sorry about that.

 

What i'm trying to say is in the future, people will search for something like "emotional response" or "first emotional response" and read this, and know what to expect.

 

 

Weird, i know. I won't do it anymore.

 

 

Anyway, completely slipped my mind, does this (me telling MYSELF, not the tulpa) mean i'm not doing traits right?

[Sandwichman]

Yea, But... the prophecy has come true.

 

I am new, i lurked a bit and i'll try not to stink up the joint with my ignorance, but i'd like someone's opinion on this.

 

I'm about 4-5 hours in with straight forcing sessions, but I've been narrating throughout the day.(When I'm walking, driving, on the computer, reading, etc.) I'm mostly working on personality as FAQ_man's guide suggested but i couldn't help work on visualization. I started with a blue flaming ball, but it ended up Rei. So when we force or when i'm narrating i visualize her sitting in front of me on my bed, Also for FAQ_man's guide, she's usually just sitting there with her eyes closed but sometimes she is facing other directs and than faces me again. So now is the actual meat of my post.

 

I was out running and I figured i would narrate. so I visualize Rei and I'm telling her how I'm about to pass out, so I tell her, "I gotta keep going, I get better with every step, isn't that right Rei?" When I said that I spied an unmistakable smile/smirk from her, eyes still closed and I felt really cheerful and happy, almost ecstatic for a moment. That is of course before I almost tripped from the surprise and ate it.

 

Now my question is, could this have been a legitimate emotional response or am I tuggin' my own junk here? It seems really early for any kind of response but than again, what do I know.

 

Thank you friends.

[Chupi]

First yes, you CAN get an emotional response this early, regardless of what FAQ_Man's (outdated) guide says.

 

Second, if you're using FAQ_Man's guide, please read the link about hour-count expectations in my signature. TL;DR: assume sentience from the instant you begin, ignore anything in the guide about numbers of hours before you can get a legit response, don't fear parroting/puppeting, and don't worry that you're parroting/puppeting -- you aren't except when you absolutely know you are. Also ignore the "you'll know when it happens" stuff; often real responses start out as something that feels like you could be parroting it, and just gradually grow stronger.

 

Third, you'd be better off starting a new thread than reviving a 3-month-old one by someone who hasn't been here in forever.

[Sandwichman]

Thank you very much.

I've read your blog, and it sounds quite helpful.

I guess I kinda dropped the ball with the post, but when i went to make a new one this popped up and long story short, I'm one can short of a six pack. anyway, thanks for the help.

 

Sincerely,

Sandwichman