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Just ignore this edit, I've become self-conscious that someone I know is going to find this account.

Just ignore this edit, I've become self-conscious that someone I know is going to find this account.

Just ignore this edit, I've become self-conscious that someone I know is going to find this account.

It's just sort of an impossible question to ask, is all. You can't ask the entire community, really, and if you could, they'd all probably say they do practice critical thinking. There's not likely to be many people who would admit to not thinking critically about everything. Hopefully one of these other fellas in this thread will weigh in, it'd be interesting to have their input.

As Chigens and Kay (or I guess just Chigens?) said, it's not actually permanent. You could easily go into creating a tulpa with a personality geared towards being happy to have a small purpose and having fulfilled it, in that it helped you verify the reality of "tulpamancy" and then was dissipated. The tulpa isn't sad, you don't have to feel guilty, etc. I mean, I would feel a little guilty just because, but you wouldn't, logically, need to. I suppose. As far as your first paragraph there, I suppose it's possible somehow or some way to maybe differentiate in which parts of the brain are being used when you or your tulpa are talking, or something. I have no idea, but the fact that I can physically understand and feel the experience means that I'm not really looking for any proof or to prove it to anybody. I would imagine most people feel largely the same way. Does thinking critically about my tulpa cause her to go poof? No, of course not. I don't frown on critical thinking about anything-- I encourage it. The fact of the matter in my case was that I hadn't grown up enough to try and critically think about creating a tulpa. I didn't even know what I was doing had a name at the time. I just did it because the prospect of the idea was interesting to me and I thought it was worth trying. Then it worked, and I ended up with a tulpa, and at that point no need for proof existed any longer. I don't think anyone should just jump into creating a tulpa for the sake of verification to themselves that it's a real concept, but if you want proof, that's the only way I can think of to get it. It's not something that's easy to prove to someone else because it's not an external phenomena. Yes, I know, you mentioned lucid dreaming and whatever, but I'm not a scientist, nor do I have the ability/equipment/contacts to get it properly researched and turn up data. Also, don't think I'm attacking you either. You've asked a valid question-- just trying to answer it thoroughly and help you get something satisfactory out of it (because I don't think the answer you actually want- incontrovertible proof- exists).

I pretty much completely doubt it. Then again, you get more benefit out of just trying it and seeing what happens on your own than waiting on someone to measure the immeasurable and write about it-- and get it reviewed. It's faster and even more personally conclusive, too! I'm very science and validity oriented myself, but trust me, this is something that science can't really study. It's a psychological phenomena that definitely cannot be measured or seen by anyone who's not actively experiencing it.

You make a mighty good point. Oh well! I suppose that's not something I personally have to worry about until I run into someone in my life that I feel actually needs to know I have a tulpa. For now, I think I'm definitely going to stick to only telling people I know will handle it well.

Every thread needs more Pinkie Pie avatars. Regardless of website or topic.

Nope. I don't really say it online, either, though.

Yes, I've noticed that a lot of people seem to struggle with keeping their mind quieted so they can focus on forcing, and I'd say hypnosis might actually play a pretty helpful role in that. I'm sure (though I can't be totally sure since I haven't searched it up) that there are hypnosis tracks just for helping people achieve a quieted mind. You could also take it upon yourself to edit out a large gap in the track so that after you've achieved a quieted mind, the track will delay for 30-40 minutes (or however long) to let you do what you want to do in that quieted state of mind. I spliced a binaural track once into two pieces and stuck a few of those solo piano pieces in there for this case once, just so I'd have an hour or two of relaxing music to be in wonderland with. You might hear from a lot of people that music isn't good for meditation (it's too distracting for a lot of people) and that's a totally valid opinion. It's just that, on the other hand, it depends on a few factors-- namely how music personally affects you and how deep of a meditation you're trying to achieve. If you're just trying to wonderland, you don't have to bend your mind over backwards to achieve total quietude and solace, for instance. Just a calm, quiet state of mind is plenty and easy enough to achieve. Some light music won't hurt that. And yeah, about the 'telling other people' thing, for the most part I haven't done a lot of it. I admire that you've told some of your friends, that's impressive. The only person who really knows much about my tulpa is someone I met in this thread awhile back that I've been talking to for (I think) a year or two, now. (This thread has been going on that long, holy cow!) I considered telling one of my closest real life friends about it, but the further the conversation progressed, the more chicken I became about it because I sensed he wouldn't be very accepting of her. So I decided it was best not to, and just stop at jogging his interest a little on tulpae with some information. As for telling a significant other, yeah, I agree. If they actually care about you, of course they'd be okay with it. It's just that you can't tell someone in the wrong time-frame because your eagerness (or hesitation) to say it makes it weird, and people who wouldn't otherwise be bothered by it might be because of your presentation method. I probably over think social encounters way too much, though. (That's for sure.) Oh, hush, Pinkie.

I messed around with those too (and even went so far as to replace the annoying binaural sound in one with a soft piano track that relaxed me more for personal use), but my best guess would be that yeah, sure. Not because hypnoses are related directly to tulpa creation, necessarily, but because they're both such internalized processes that make use of the mind in such a meditative state. Doing anything that makes you better at focusing on your mind and teaches you to "hear yourself" a little better should, by logic, enhance the ability for you to hear/recognize your tulpa. That's how it works for me, anyway. Just a round of meditation brings mine into clarity even more. Feel free to message me too if you have any extra questions. Several of my contact usernames are on my profile near the bottom. I'm not an "expert tulpamancer" but I've created two, the first of which I kept for a couple years in early high-school (2007-9 ish?) and dissipated (on a mutual decision) and the second of which I've had since mid-2011 (July 21st). She's getting old! Yeah, absolutely. Especially if you create one with a jealous personality. They're capable of feeling just about any emotion, as far as I know. Mine's gotten "jealous" a couple of times of my affection towards other people, but she's insanely reasonable (to a fault, even). She always lets me know if I'm making her jealous, and we talk it out and everything pretty much ends up okay. I think she feels like she wants to monopolize my time, sometimes, but realizes that that would be bad for me (and probably psychologically unhealthy), so she's accommodating for that, too. Of course, I feel bad if I don't spend time talking to her too, since I'm one of the few people that actually gets to speak with her. It's a whole dynamic. You learn to live with it, though. I've wondered what will happen if I get married and have kids-- I'd still like to keep my tulpa. Though I just can't imagine when to bring it up to someone. I'd hate to get to know someone for years and hide it from them, only to drop it on them one day. I'd also hate to bring it up too soon, because I'll look like a nutcase. So that's also an interesting problem.

I have no idea what that would involve. If it happens though, you should totally tell us how that goes and what it's like. Trust your tulpa and let him if he can-- he won't hurt'cha. How is everyone's tulpa these days? I haven't been following the thread and happened to think about it today. Anyone make any progress or get any new tulpas while I wasn't around? What have you guys been up to lately?

My favorite is definitely "God Bless America" (which sounds like patriotic flag-waving nonsense but is actually an anti-modern-culture black comedy/satire-- it's not for the lighthearted, either). My least favorite... I don't even know. I can't think of any movies I've seen that stick out as being really, really bad. Most modern movies are just disappointing, anyway. I don't care for Marvel movies, I guess. (I wouldn't call them a "least favorite" though, just awfully low on the "good" scale.)

The Jell-O gets me every time.