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i mean a catgirl was one of my plural awakenings soooo....

a question to tulpas; do you consider the host's body to be your physical body? or do you feel like you don't have one at all and you're just possessing someone?

second one

11:24 PM

I am actually pretty upset at the body's voice

11:24 PM

because I don't sound like that in the head

We don’t consider it as belonging to solely one person but something everyone shares and is trying to make into something that doesn’t utterly suck

11:24 PM

Our original even doesn’t consider the body theirs anymore

Korekiyo - DICE 3(🏝)0

Our original even doesn’t consider the body theirs anymore

this is an interesting proposition

Nota

a question to tulpas; do you consider the host's body to be your physical body? or do you feel like you don't have one at all and you're just possessing someone?

My headmates consider the body to be shared between us, and drastic decisions about it are agreed upon through discussions

We see our original as the "owner" of the body, but we generally just view it as a vessel we all use equally.

They have just as much right to the body as we do, so in that regard we’re completely equal

Korekiyo - DICE 3(🏝)0 ↩️

Reply to: Our original even doesn’t consider the body theirs anymore

so for most it's like controlling a huge vehicle (edited)

11:28 PM

blanka seems to be an exception

11:29 PM

does this depend on how the host shapes their tulpa?

I think it would depend on how uncomfortable the system members feel with the body For us, we all equally feel uncomfortable with it, including me and i'm the host So we're all equally disconnected/connected to the body

Yeah, some of us are more satisfied with how the body is than others so they feel a little more connected to it while the rest of us just see it as like a game avatar with “stupidly low stats that we’re trying to level up” (Shuichi A was the one who came up with this analogy)

then i am playing singleplayer

11:34 PM

how much does having multiple system members help with making decisions?

We pretty much all have the same goals so it's not too hard But it's also not any easier i don't think

how much does having multiple system members help with making decisions?

@Nota - jump Having a dialogue that feels like a different perspective (even if it's in the same brain) is immensely helpful in all sorts of ways

Nota

so for most it's like controlling a huge vehicle (edited)

the way my system sees it is that the lines between ourselves and the body are arbitrary, we can see the body as a separate shared body and as being jointly us

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Having multiple different perspectives is a curse and a blessing at the same time

notafed ↩️

Reply to: how much does having multiple system members help with making decisions?

I've been intentionally cultivating a view of the faculties in the brain and body as "us/ours" and our identities as separate, rather than the body/brain functions being "mine"

11:36 PM

This has helped with switching a lot

Nota

how much does having multiple system members help with making decisions?

it sometimes helps a lot with getting un-stuck, and with decisions where having someone playing devil's advocate is useful

Same goals, but different perspectives/opinions, yeah

blank

I've been intentionally cultivating a view of the faculties in the brain and body as "us/ours" and our identities as separate, rather than the body/brain functions being "mine"

same here, Cerys insists on this, making it clear that each of us can achieve anything that the others can

1

I mean, there's 24 of us. Even still, most of the time, the hosts make the major choices.

whoa, this many?

11:38 PM

i thought having 4 was a stretch

i see our body as the way i can do things in this world but think that is a shared belief across most members in the system/eries so it would make sense i like got it passed onto me uwu sometimes i can control our human sometimes not

notafed ↩️

Reply to: a question to tulpas; do you consider the host's body to be your physical body? or do you feel like …

There’s 34 of us with 30 being the most in charge and the ones doing the major decision making

We're mostly functional. Then again, we're a mixed-origin system.

Nota

i thought having 4 was a stretch

There are 5 of us

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<- over 1k

We don't have any serious traits that differ us from most tulpamancers that much, though

We usually do a “yay” or “nay” system where the loudest side wins if we don’t have time for a majority vote

Korekiyo - DICE 3(🏝)0 ↩️

Reply to: There’s 34 of us with 30 being the most in charge and the ones doing the major decision making

It's pretty rare to have less than three headmates from what I've seen! Most people have quite a few

Korekiyo - DICE 3(🏝)0

We usually do a “yay” or “nay” system where the loudest side wins if we don’t have time for a majority vote

holy crap this is just like the dark assembly from disgaea

Not really. I wouldn't call that rare. I see lots of systems of two.

🌸🌸 ↩️

Reply to: It's pretty rare to have less than three headmates from what I've seen! Most people have quite a few

Gibby

It's pretty rare to have less than three headmates from what I've seen! Most people have quite a few

apparently the majority in Real Life is this many

Perhaps in the wider plural community, but not with tulpamancy

Gibby

It's pretty rare to have less than three headmates from what I've seen! Most people have quite a few

what's the purpose of having so many?

i honestly wish i could explain

We started with one, then three.

it just works for us

I am the only tupa

11:41 PM

just a duo

It just happened

Iota ˗ˏˋM&M´ˎ˗

Not really. I wouldn't call that rare. I see lots of systems of two.

Interesting, I've been in the wider plural community a few years and I've only ever come across just one headmate when ppl are like really new

we don't always make these identities though.. making over 1000 tulpas in a year would be. pheeeew

A few people in our system decided to create people for whatever reason, Izuru made/let in 13 of them

11:44 PM

Lots of people who were ‘let in’ to the system, not too many of us were actually intentional

Most of ours we just let in. We stopped doing that

Yeah we’re just like “No more people”

I want people who disagree with me and so they can yell at me to do stuff i need to

We’re gonna be a responsible(?) system and not let anymore people join our ranks

Izuku 🔷 Sapphire Safehaven 3(🏝)0 ↩️

Reply to: Yeah we’re just like “No more people”

Someone was yelling at me this morning to get the fuck out of bed

We're planning on fusing down to 15-20 over the next year.

How do you stop more from coming in?

Just tell ‘em no

I know for a fact the Old Vets™️ of the system are staying. Ben and Seth are national treasures.

how do you even manage all of that?

Am national treasure :3

11:49 PM

I dunno, we just do

notafed ↩️

Reply to: how do you even manage all of that?

11:49 PM

We've lived like this for a couple years, it's alright.

does that mean that if i befriend a system person i'll obtain 30 friends at once

11:50 PM

uhh

yes

lifehack

assuming all the tulpas just so happen to like me

We have a schedule

notafed ↩️

Reply to: how do you even manage all of that?

Nota

how do you even manage all of that?

We're only 5, but i find with my system it's similar to living as one person since everyone has a role and fronts when that role is needed We take turns fronting for fun when no roles are needed

Nota

a question to tulpas; do you consider the host's body to be your physical body? or do you feel like you don't have one at all and you're just possessing someone?

I feel that the body is mine but it's not my form

I think the body just exists I see it as ours in the sense our hosts operate it (edited)

Nota

does that mean that if i befriend a system person i'll obtain 30 friends at once

It's even better than that; you can even start to consider being friends with non-plural people who have complex personalities as being equivalent to making multiple friends at once

We're planning on starting back up with a fronting schedule too

Ale𝕏andra 🍄🐈

It's even better than that; you can even start to consider being friends with non-plural people who have complex personalities as being equivalent to making multiple friends at once

eh, that's kind of a stretch

Nota

eh, that's kind of a stretch

how so?

does this depend on how the host shapes their tulpa?

@Nota - jump I think it depends on how often you use the body and what your host allows. Those who never switch are more likely to have hosts who think the body is theirs

Ale𝕏andra 🍄🐈

how so?

everyone has a wide range of emotions, experiences and memories. being complex is a normal human trait

Nota

everyone has a wide range of emotions, experiences and memories. being complex is a normal human trait

and how does this prevent you from seeing making friends with someone very complex being like making multiple friends at once? (edited)

I could see it being a little bit disrespectful to whoever is being cast in that light.

Ale𝕏andra 🍄🐈

and how does this prevent you from seeing making friends with someone very complex being like making multiple friends at once? (edited)

they would have the same opinions and memories

Nota

how much does having multiple system members help with making decisions?

Most of our decision making happens between Gray and I since we are the co-hosts, but lately things have been messy and my headmates have stepped in to do more decision making lately. We are a system of 11 now, expecting to drop to 10 soon given a planned integration. We used to be a system of 18 at our peak.

Dangg

12:00 AM

We'll have the same amount of people

We dont have any form of real genuine heirarchy, but we have people who are more in charge of daily life than others, and it can change from any given time

12:01 AM

Usually these people make most immediate desicions. Longer term ones we discuss all together

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Like

12:01 AM

all?

12:01 AM

Or like a bunch of you at once

12:01 AM

Also how many thonks are you

We take turns, usually it's a handful of us. We hardly ever collectively (all 24) vote on things

But yeah, if the hosts can't decide or want a more collective opinion, we usually ask 3-4 others.

Our system meetings were always messy because there was always one person having a crisis. We found it's just easier to go the "oh geeze" route and just tell people when they wake up.

I see

12:04 AM

I exclusively make most decisions, my tulpas are currently not awake often enough/separate enough to consistently use them to help make decisions

Our system meetings are basically only if there’s a real problem or multiple people cornering one person to call them out on their bullshit