Tulpa speaks two things at once.

[DigitalBreeze]

Occasionally, Breeze will speak two different things at the same time. She will start singing to songs she likes, but then talk while still singing. I will sometimes have her do counting exercises while I go about my day, and she will do the same thing. She will speak to me at the same time as counting out the number set I told her to do. I think this is unintentional on her end, because it happens without much thought and confuses her as much as it does me.

 

I have theorized that one voice might be her thought while the other is her actually talking, but Breeze says that is not likely. I also have thought that maybe I started parroting her singing/counting by expecting what she is going to say next, and that would explain it. I want to say the latter is the case. However, Breeze is unsure of that conclusion and doesn't feel that explains why this happens, which is why I'm asking all of you.

 

We can't come to a conclusion on this one. Can anyone with similar experiences share it? Or point me to a thread similar to this if there is one. The search didn't give me anything.

[Bin]

Hm, this sorta happened to me a few times. The reason it happened for me is because Scarlet and I sort of share thoughts, we have to very quickly agree on how we're going to act. Normally it happens totally unconsciously, but sometimes either of us can get tripped up. I don't know if it's the same for you, but if it is then it could be something along the lines of you simply thinking she should behave one way but her thinking she should do something else. It's not parroting, just a disagreement. Perhaps you could try to focus on the voice you think is her decision? I believe with enough time this could go away by itself.

[Chupi]

Yeah, this happens. It's kind of like different layers of vocalization and replying. I've had situations where Lyra answers a question I'm thinking of asking while I'm actually asking something else, or seems to say two entirely different things at once. Sometimes it's a conflict between my expectation of what she'll say and what she is actually saying, but sometimes it's more like she's thinking both.

[DigitalBreeze]

... I don't know if it's the same for you, but if it is then it could be something along the lines of you simply thinking she should behave one way but her thinking she should do something else. It's not parroting, just a disagreement. Perhaps you could try to focus on the voice you think is her decision? I believe with enough time this could go away by itself.

This doesn't happen enough to be a problem thankfully, so I do agree that it might go away by itself. I do also believe Breeze and I share thoughts, because we will trip up and stutter over the same part of something that we wanted to say if the other starts thinking too much while the speaker is talking. She also sometimes steals thoughts I'm forming and finishes them for me.

 

Your explanation seems fairly solid. Perhaps I don't parrot her, but I expect her to keep singing or counting so I hear it. What I think I will try next time this happens is to start thinking of something myself. If it is my thoughts causing it, distracting myself should eliminate the one thought stream that isn't hers.

 

...I've had situations where Lyra answers a question I'm thinking of asking while I'm actually asking something else, or seems to say two entirely different things at once...

I've had this kind of stuff happen to me too. Most often I get a simultaneous yes and no when she really means maybe, but I've also had the question I didn't wanna actually ask answered.