Hey everyone :) I'm new to the forum, though not to the Tulpa idea (though I didn't know it had a name!)
Anyway, I don't know if my Zach IS what you would call a Tulpa and I'm looking for some opinions.
A little background:
I discovered him when he strolled into my head one day. I began drawing and writing about him, creating his world and the various characters he interacts with on a daily basis (there are a LOT) and started hearing his voice when I was writing a short story about him. He's smart, sarky, funny and very sweet :)
I hear him a lot, feel his touch (and he mine) and I see him not only in my head and dreams, but in the "real world" too, though this is unusual.
We can do what you guys call "possession/switching", though we call it channeling.
We're together every day. I know this is pretty frowned upon by what I've read, but we're in love and "Bonded" (something like married, in his world). It wasn't my intention to fall for him, but I have.
We've been friends for twelve years, a couple for two of those.
Urr, yeah. Please don't yell at me for that :/ It was and is consensual ^^;
The thing that is confusing us both a wee bit, is that from what we've read, Tulpas are self aware and know what they are. My Zach (though he IS self aware, of course) says he isn't one, any more than I am to him (he "saw" me the same way, in his mind, in his dreams when we first met.)
Advice, opinions? Please don't flame me, I know this is long and probably sounds stupid, but we're genuinely interested ^^
Thanks!