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Enneke

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  1. I wonder if my post count will be stuck at 3 for the rest of my life?
  2. Anybody here ever played The Void? It's one of the most outlandish, philosophical and immersive game experiences I've ever had. I think some of you might really like it. [video=youtube]
  3. You know what's the most tragic thing about listening to Tulpaudcast, Jean-Luc? That no guest has ever managed to pronounce your name correctly. I've carried this with me for years.
  4. Good on you, I'm sure positive terminology like that will make everything run more smoothly. I was actually a passive observer back in the day when you first joined and left the forum. I may not agree with, like, most of your opinions, but there's no doubt that you and Melian make this place a lot more interesting, so it'd be cool if you found a way to maintain a positive relationship with the community.
  5. Thanks Dashie! Much appreciated :)
  6. True, this seems to be the consensus among psychiatrists. I think it's worth noting, however, that the very concepts of consciousness and self are considered illusory by a growing percentage of the scientific community, simply because nobody can really explain either of them. Which I find ridiculous and don't subscribe to at all, but it's slowly becoming the scientific consensus. So according to one of the most mainstream schools of scientific thought, none of us are real anyway, which kinda puts us on the same level as tulpas again. I don't subscribe to this hypothesis because it clashes with my direct experience as a human. I'd imagine it's similar for tulpas when they are confronted with the belief that they are mere figments of the imagination. I don't think people interpret your words as you thinking of imagination as trivial, transient, fake or lame. I certainly didn't. I personally just believe that the phenomenon of identity can't be conflated with that of imagination. Both are extraordinary and distinct and play a crucial role in what we do. Like above, I simply think your beliefs kinda clash with peoples' experiences. I mean, what would even be the difference between a mind absolutely convinced it was more than one person and one actually consisting of multiple identities? In any case, I still find your perspective interesting, even if I don't fully subscribe to it.
  7. Naturally, thoughtforms depend on the brain and are restricted to its cognitive abilities and memories. Yet, as various studies and experiments have shown, the human brain clearly has the capacity to produce alternate identities. I don't like playing the DID/OSDD card, but to me it speaks volumes that significant differences in brain activity can be observed when patients switch between alters*, as opposed to when they or test groups simply imagine being someone else. And while tulpas may not be exactly the same as trauma-induced alters, I think it's pretty clear that this ability to maintain multiple identities goes at least somewhat beyond mere imagination. I think it'd make sense that by nurturing a different perspective, you would be able to develop alternate thought patterns that exist alongside your original ones and can ultimately culminate in another identity. The only question left at that point would be whether there's any difference between a well-established, complex identity and personhood. For the sake of the argument, I'd say not really. With that said, imagination absolutely plays a role in all this. Just like the host, tulpas utilize the brain's ability to imagine for communication and entertainment purposes. Form, voice, mind adventures, etc. are all illusory, but the identity behind them and their intentions are not. It's a collaborative process for sure, but that doesn't mean there can't be true agency on the tulpa's part. *There are more, but I'm too lazy to dig them up: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/12829283_Functional_Magnetic_Resonance_Imaging_of_Personality_Switches_in_a_Woman_with_Dissociative_Identity_Disorder https://www.researchgate.net/publication/258146576_Voluntary_switching_between_identities_in_dissociative_identity_disorder_A_functional_MRI_case_study
  8. Hey there. Just trying to see if I can post since my account seems to be inexplicably broken. Been lurking since 2014, so I'm not exactly new here. I kinda enjoy the atmosphere of the forum recently, so I figured this might be as good a time as any to join and finally participate. Edit: Seems I had to post here first in order to reply elswhere. Very odd.
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