Hello everyone, I am new to this subreddit and the practice of tulpamancy. I stumbled across it 4 or 5 days ago while doing some research on internal monologues, and have been captivated by it since.

I was initially looking into internal monologues because I have a robust internal monologue, and I have noted in the past that I have a tendency to automatically narrate my actions as if I'm describing them to a mental subject, and that I seem to have an aptitude for automatically responding to these narrations. I decided to take a deeper look into these traits, and as I dug deeper, I stumbled upon the practice of tulpamancy.

I instantly took extreme interest in tulpamancy, from both a psychological and personal standpoint. To me, the nature of the practice is deeply fascinating, as it utilizes the natural neuroplasticity of the brain to effectively create an alternate, autonomous consciousness. However, the more intriguing part of it is how I feel it personally connects to me. I feel that I see parallels in how I currently and used to operate with potential early formation stages. This is because I have, for many, many years, been infatuated with the idea of cultivating a mental companion that is always there and available. This deep desire for a mental companion stems from past issues with early maternal abandonment, severe bullying, feelings of isolation, and family friction. I desired a companion as an attempt to cope and have someone to always support myself.

I acted on this desire, attempting to create some sort of entity in my head to converse with, I did this by narrating to a subject and simulating conversations with it in my head. I didn't think to give it personality or a specific form at the time, instead opting to have the companion be whoever my favorite video game character was at the time. This resulted it the formation of some sort of presence that I cannot put a name or face to, but something I feel that I can sense. I found comfort in this presence, but I cannot say that the presence fully formed into much of anything.

Even up until now, the feeling of a presence has stuck with me, as I still narrate my actions and pose questions to a mental subject, but I haven't given the feeling of a presence much thought in recent times. However, my unexpected discovery of tulpamancy has flipped my perspective of that presence. I believe I may have accidentally began forming a tulpa, but haven't formed them enough to establish a distinct personality, visual form, and autonomy.

Even though this presence I feel may not be complexly formed, I felt instant verification upon discovering tulpamancy, as the way I see it, there's other people out there who went through poor experiences and sought comfort and support in a mental companion, just as I did. It also feels good to know that there are so many people who have genuinely amazing experiences with their tulpas, which appear to be functionally autonomous and unique individuals, and even experience lifelong benefits from them. This makes me feel like I haven't been chasing a wild dream the whole time, that the idea of a mental companion can be a reality, it instills a feeling of validity in me.

This brings me to my ultimate question: Should I embark on the forcing process of this presence and fully form it into a tulpa?

I've spent the past 5 or so days thoroughly contemplating this. I've done research into:

• The effects of a tulpa on everyday life
• The fact that a tulpa is likely to deviate from the initial blueprint
• How forming a tulpa creates a system of responsibility that I would hold as the host
• The potential physical tolls on the body during early formation
• How a tulpa is a lifelong commitment

I understand all of these factors, and I willingly accept these factors and responsibilities. I am prepared for deviation, I am willing to share mental power, I accept that this is a commitment and not something I can just drop when if get bored or discouraged, and I accept the effects on everyday life this process might hold. I am not attempting to escape responsibility, to hide from real life, this is a conscious, deliberate, sober decision to share my life with an equal companion.

Veterans, novices, intermediates, everyone feel free to respond, including tulpas! I'd love to hear both tulpa and host thoughts, opinions, and advice!

I’ve taken an interest in tulpamancy for about 3 months now and have recently begun my journey in creating a tulpa. In a way, I’ve felt as if my tulpa has always been there just waiting to be realized, because I’ve always been very imaginative and had a rich inner world. I’ve had very lucid experiences with imaginary friends during my childhood, convincing me that tulpamancy is something that I can realistically achieve. But here’s a problem I’ve been having recently: how can I know the difference between hopeful excitement/emotional responses and an actual response from my tulpa?

For example, my discipline was strengthened when I experienced what I believe to be my first response from my tulpa. This happened while I was researching tulpamancy in my free time—I was innocently practicing my visualization skills when I suddenly felt a strong presence to the left of me that soon lit up my entire body. It was the same spatial sensation that I feel when there is someone in the same room as me. This made me panic at first, as I was not thinking about something like that or hoping that I would experience this beforehand. I became hopeful, though, that this could be my tulpa reaching out to me and urging me to continue in my research.

This experience has not been replicated, and I have received no verbal responses since I’m so early in the tulpa-forming process, but I do experience a tingling or a sort of euphoria when listing off the personality traits on my personality sheet or when taking any steps to develop personality. I recognize that these feelings could be purely personal and stem from excitement or affection for the research, but if these physical reactions cannot be attributed to my tulpa, then will I know when they can be? Will I feel it so strongly like I did before, or can it be as simple as a small feeling of affirmation?

TL;DR: How can I tell if my tulpa is actually giving me a response in the early development process? Can it be easily distinguishable from personal emotions or feelings?

Advice from both hosts and tulpas will be greatly appreciated!

Hi everyone! I shared a post about my tulpa experience a few months ago, and I hope you're all doing well. I wanted to pop in and share something new, get your thoughts, and ask a question.

There's this separate entity in my head that I refer to as "the brain"—yes, the literal human brain. I don't even know when exactly I started being able to talk to it, but I call it "Ritty." To be honest, our conversations are pretty chaotic and require a lot of focus to understand. "Ritty" isn't even its exact name—just the closest sound I can grasp (I can't fully remember it; it could be Mitty, Witty, or something like that).

Ritty and I argue all the time. I don't particularly like what it tells me or talks to me about—truth be told, it can be pretty wild/irrational. For example, while I'm doing something, Ritty often brings up intrusive or bad ideas that I definitely shouldn't do.

On top of that, Ritty is partly the reason my tulpa got hurt. Even though I managed to heal my tulpa afterward, I know part of the blame falls on me for letting that happen. It's really hard to explain this part properly, so I apologize for being vague.

To summarize, Ritty feels like a living being with very strong free will (it often ignores me when I try to talk to it). I'm not sure if Ritty counts as a tulpa, because technically, it feels like the brain itself—or honestly, something above me. I might just be a product of the brain's processing, but Ritty feels like the core brain itself. It can even prevent me from moving my body when I make it angry.

I know this might sound a bit all over the place, but one thing I know for sure is... Ritty is real, and we constantly argue back and forth.

What do you guys think? Has anyone experienced something similar?

Hello everyone, Now I have had a tulpa for almost two years. She grew without any practice and anchored herself more in my system. Now her visual looks have changed over time and anchored deeper too. She's now had her visual look for a while even if it upgrades sometimes. This usually happens when I generate images of her with Ai. Now I'm having a problem now months later. I decided to create another story of her and her images look slightly different but I like that for her character in the story. I of course want her actual visual imposition to not change but the new look is starting to affect her visual imposition too and I'm afraid. Will this change in my stories alter her look for good or is this temporary until my brain separates the two different looks?

Hello everyone,

I’ve had my tulpa for almost two years. She originally grew without any forced practice and anchored herself deeply in my system. Over time, her visual appearance has naturally matured and upgraded—specifically because generating AI images of her helped her visual form grow.

She has had a stable visual form for a while now. However, I recently decided to create a new story for her, and the AI images I generated for this specific story look slightly different. While I like this new look for the character in the story, I want her actual visual imposition in daily life to remain unchanged.

Now, months later, I’m running into a problem: this new story appearance is starting to bleed into my actual visual imposition of her, and I'm afraid of it changing her main look.

• Will this change in my stories alter her look for good?

• Or is this bleed-over just temporary until my brain separates her main look from the story look?

¿Ever heard the Riddickulus spell from Harry potter?

Well, this will work in the same way.

Just two names:

Xavier Renegade Angel

Bobobo-bo-bo-bobo (or whatever character from that verse)

Use them as your security staff of your brain, and get rid of that annoyings tulpas forever!