It still is a bit confusing for me even with only Mallory, she isn't completely vocal yet, so I sometimes don't distinguish between us, doesn't help that we like basically all the same stuff haha
Mallory is 11 days old, the hardest part was distinguishing her thoughts from mine, I'm pretty good at building characters with personality in my mind although I had never intended for any of the previous story time characters to become sentient, it felt different from day one, but I still had to use similar methods
Well, it's a bit more difficult to see something I could probably say myself as not myself than an inanimate room, with no thoughts or any similar qualities to me, but I get your point.
i had a very quick start too, simple vocality on first day and 4th day full on possession with dissociation (dark borders in vision, body not feeling mine, muffled hearing), and I've had dissociation before back when i was super depressed (watching myself talk to my therapist on autopilot and feeling like its not really me, feeling out of touch etc)
I had a fairly traumatic event last may and dissociated really hard and felt like somebody else took over my mind and body
dissociation by itself doesnt mean you're plural, it's a defence mechanism against feelings you cant handle yet. if you want to be really sure about if you have DID/OSDD or anything similar, you could try to think of any time you have had a big gap in memory or any other things like not remembering people who come up to you to talk to you like they already know you, finding things you dont remember buying etc, and if you start to suspect it, talk to a professional before going and self diagnosing anything, they know it better(edited)
10:18 AM
and yeah, first switch is usually very weird and it hit me very hard too, which probably made me dissociate, also to clarify, i dont have DID or any other disorder(edited)
now our switches feel very natural to the point i almost feel its just me doing things, but i know its not because of body language etc(edited)
10:20 AM
its also very fluid, when we're home doing stuff sometimes it just kind of bleeds and our body language can blend a lot, but its noticeable who is doing what
1. Intrusive thoughts led me to believe my Tulpa was failed (I can recognize these thoughts slightly better now) and led me to treat said 2 day old tulpa more like a servitor. After this she said she wanted to be dissipated and I obliged. However later that next morning, a NPC became a bit more sentient. I asked said npc her name and the name was the same name of the tulpa I hurt and therefore dissipated. I visualized her all day (As I usually do) fighting and destroying intrusive thoughts of the former tulpa coming back for revenge. I came back home and we had some fun and talked a bit. After a bit I was lying down doing some visualisation practice. At this point I felt my fingers move on their own while I felt vibrations around my body. I know tulpas can't switch without my consent but it only fed said intrusive thoughts more then I'd like to admit.
1:20 AM
this is a bit simplified but I wish not to give more details in public
you already said that intrusive thoughts caused you to believe your first tulpa was failed. So then, why are you so convinced that you have hurt them? Why believe that?