What's difference beetwen imagionary friend and tulpa?

[Reilok]

Hello! So, i had since i was a child imagionary friend, but i want him more realistic so i made up his biography, birthday, home, family, profession... but he was not like tulpa, i spoke to him ocasionally and he ver spoke back or something. Now i'm creating tulpa (day 7 today) and have some progress... so what's difference beetween friend and tulpa? Can i turn one into another?

[DragonFriend]

Tulpas have their own ideas, opinions, voice, personality, make their own decisions etc. They reply to your question when asked, rather than you "puppeting" them to like an imaginary friend. If your imaginary friend has suddenly replied without you making them, chances are they are a tulpa. They are real people, but in your head. I have heard of imaginary friends being made into tulpas, and I would suggest using the search function to find similar threads. I do not have any experience myself in that matter though.

I hope I could help, and good luck!

Saphira and Dragonfriend

[Quilten]

Basically, a tulpa has a kind of its own, mostly (if not entirely) separate from yours. It's independent, can have its own thoughts, ideas opinions, whatever. An imaginary friend is like more like just a playful thing to do with your imagination, and takes little to no effort to create. You could turn an imaginary friend into a tulpa, yes, many people have done that. Concerning turning a tulpa into an imaginary friend...it depends, both on the state of the tulpa and what you think is moral.

[Reilok]

For example, if this friend have family, and i make him onto tulpa, he will not have it anymore? Should i even try to turn him? Because i thought it would be easy, considering him being with me all along.

[Timofey]

Background can be left, I suppose. Actually, some kind of background can help show some character traits of your Tulpa. If you really do like him as he is, and are ready to spend your life with it, you can do it. If there are some doubts, try reworking the character, until you feel it's right.

And don't rely on other people advices COMPLETELY. In this field, most cases are deeply personal.

[Reilok]

Yeah, i get that tulpa is all about your mind

[ThunderClap]

Simply put... A tulpa is sentient and an imaginary friend is not sentient. Imaginary friends can develop into fully fledged tulpas and are essentially underdeveloped tulpas themselves.

 

On the flip-side, tulpas can fade away into "imaginary friends" if you don't give them attention and all that good stuff.

[Reilok]

But can i create friend into tulpa, saving his background?

[Quilten]

Yes, you can. Just remember to remind him and tell him about his background while you are forcing, so that he develops with it.

[Aijada]

It would be very healthy for him to have a long history to remember and work back along as he builds his view of the world. It gives him patterns he can be sure are his own story, gives him reactions that can feel as natural and that come easily. As he learns to be vocal, his best starting pointy would be feeling himself like your old fond friend