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So he is either dormant or disapated

That's interesting, especially that that agreement actually worked. In my experience it would result in not thinking about a big purple bear

I can't really remember the things that I would do to avoid interaction, this was a few years ago and there are many parts that I have forgotten (edited)

Ahh, I wonder if it would be valuable if you or someone else who has successfully "parted ways" like that could write a guidebook of some sort on how things went, pitfalls to avoid, and so on.

I suppose that I could try to compile the things that I do remember

So... I started to make my tulpa couple years ago. But i was in a really stressful part of my life with high school and with my focus issues it would cause me to force for maybe a couple days to a week and then have a “forget” break that would last for a couple months. It kept happening up till just recently where i realized that im not as stressful and forgetful as i was and am more mature now that the other day i decided to work toward creating my tulpa again. I would still consider myself a beginner when it comes to actually progressing with my tulpa. So just wondering if anyone has any advice about working on the same tulpa after all of this.

Just the general stuff you read in guides. The best advice I can give you is force as you can, try to learn to pay attention to your state of mind as much as you can, and when you run into issues give us those details and we can make a shot at helping you out.

Alright. Im just worried that when i first started years ago if i managed to give her enough attention that she could think. But then ended up unintentionally forgetting about her. How that might have affected her development.

A tulpa results from your state of mind. I could give you ten different ways things could go and each of them would likely be valid depending on what your natural assumptions about how things should work tend to be. In my case, it would have next to zero effect. Other people tend to believe that their tulpa would be angry about being abandoned, and some might have a tulpa that has grown stronger while lying dormant.

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It is really a toss up, and a big part of it is how your brain tends to see the world, or how "you" see the world.

Alright. Thanks for the advice!

can feeling depressed effect your tulpa

yes

oh no

2:57 PM

how so

They live in the same brain as you, they're gonna feel what you feel

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they can either empathize and try to support you, or fall depressed too

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or both

Lovel

3:01 PM

Thats actually really good to know

so, what can I do then when I'm depressed

In order to protect your tulpa from the effects?

Seek professional help?

I mean Depression is not a subject I really know much about, but... If they're feeling the same as you, then maybe try and help yourself before helping them? Like, if neither of you are feeling good or happy, then you can't help each other, so...

3:10 PM

You can't help them if you're depressed and you can't protect them, so try and get help for yourself and they should feel better too

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Like, yeah, Apollo said-

Usually when my host is feeling depressed she'll just set us aside for a while until she's better, so we don't get too caught up in it.

I think a big factor in tulpamancy is belief. To hear and believe that your tulpa is depressed because you as a whole are depressed can, in itself, help to cause exactly that to happen.

Depression is a neurological condition

the best way to avoid it, then, is to find ways to be confident and believe "on a deep level" that your tulpa would not be depressed because you are.

it's going to affect your tulpas

3:11 PM

though usually depression in tulpas is going to be triggered by an event, at least in our experience

I agree there, but I disagree that you necessarily will have depressed tulpas because you, yourself, are also depressed.

Depression can be related to specific events or situations - that your tulpas may or may not have anything to do with. So no, just because you're depressed doesn't mean your tulpa has to be.

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Forgot to change my name.

It is possible that tulpas live on a layer above where the depression has an effect. Maybe a very strong tulpa that can switch and possess and such would necessarily be effected by it, but not necessarily all tulpas. (edited)

It's probably fair to say that they won't necessarily be depressed, but they're at a higher risk of becoming depressed if something triggers it.

3:13 PM

Our system was affected by depression long before we started fronting

Depends what the depression is. If it's chronic and chemical, everyone's going to be depressed. If it's event related, the person who deals with the event will be depressed.

That makes sense

I'll be sure to see what 'mine' feels when I get depressed when they exist

3:17 PM

Because I'm fucking curious now

I never had problems with it when Mal was depressed.

... i'm amused because 'mal' is 'bad'

Malfael is the full name. Mal's a nickname.

I figured, still

With out host it's definitely a chronic thing, but nowadays it only affects her and not the rest of us

I believe it will vary greatly depending on the person.

Just like everything else

It varies because depression isn't a single thing. It's a cause from many effects.

Mmhm

Tulpamancy, as well, quite possibly.

I mean, it is a single thing

3:21 PM

And that thing is 'shitty'

I tend to consider that the case. Tulpas are a cause to many effects.

Interesting

3:22 PM

I still cant wait to get some sort of mental feedback

How long have you been at it?

A week or so

3:23 PM

It just drives me mad to not have feedback

It does that to a lot of people. Be patient.

Well, you are getting feedback, just not in the form of responses

So i've been told

did you feel a bit silly talking to nobody when you started?

I still do.

that's feedback, your head is saying "hey, nobody is here you crazy bastard" (edited)

3:23 PM

your goal at the moment is to reduce that feeling, or that is what I believe the purpose of narration is early on. (edited)

It'll hinder you in the long run so that's not a bad place to start.

Hrm

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And thats fair

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Not how I thought about it

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Ill keep that in mind

here's hoping you find success with it

We'll see

3:32 PM

Or, I suppose, I'll see

see, keep thinking like that and you'll never end up with a tulpa

I mean, I can't help but analyze everything :/

indulge yourself in "fantasy"

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There was a study linked on the tulpamancy subreddit recently

3:36 PM

in it, it talked about authors, and it talked about how more authors had "autonomous conversations" or the "Illusion of autonony" than not

Yeah. I knowo

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Interesting

They're taught as part of the writing process to create people to write about. Makes the story better.

3:37 PM

And they have the benefit of not needing leaps of faith. People make characters for books all the time. It's not unusual.

the phenomena is way more common than you might imagine, it seems

Yeah

Oh, I know. That's where I came from.

I'm aware, I've done similar in the past with trying to create characters for dnd, and the reason I found this is my friend accidently created one

3:38 PM

The problem is that I'm a terrible writer

The writing part isn't really necessary in character creation

3:39 PM

just a good imagination

I mean I'm uncreative as fuck when given an open ended task like writing a story or creating a character

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Yeah, I can solve a puzzle from a to b but like.... dunno

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I just feel stupid

You'll figure it out eventually, gotta be bad at things before you get good at them

Aye

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Its just frusturating

3:41 PM

I hate being bad

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Sorry

3:42 PM

I'll stop the negitivity