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Khaos 5/28/2023 8:39 AM

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Well, if it helps, I read it, and I understand.

Don't worry I know you don't ignore it.

Wassup my boys and girls. Me and Zee a=have a hard time switching without blending due to how similar our voices are. Is there a cool method that might make it easier to tell who is fronting?

decide who is fronting rather than figure out who's fronting

Can you explain a bit further please?

6:08 PM

I am not quite understanding

Just do, don't think about it.

6:09 PM

I think that is what KitKat is suggesting. There's no cool method, really, you kind of just do it.

Zane

Can you explain a bit further please?

when me and a headmate end up blending we just have whoevers supposed to front reaffirm that theyre in front usually by repeating a mantra tbh_spin

yeah i do that too

6:48 PM

that's actually part of how we switch

6:49 PM

sometimes switching happens involuntarily for us but if we want to control it we repeat things that are true about the person who wants to front (like "I am Eishi. I am silly.") and imagine some stuff in the wonderland and yeah

Zane

Can you explain a bit further please?

instead of trying to figure out who is fronting (which makes no sense), just decide "this one is fronting" and stick to it.

6:59 PM

easy

Lucilyn: basically yeah, reaffirmations are helpful (edited)

7:59 PM

we don't need them much anymore, but then, we've been switching for 8+ years

savedlatin

when me and a headmate end up blending we just have whoevers supposed to front reaffirm that theyre in front usually by repeating a mantra tbh_spin

no need for a mantra either, a simple "im X" will work, or "its X" or just think about it, no words required. But from there you can make it as fancy as you want

question about imposition Once you get it, does it stick? Or if you don’t practice enough, does it fade? How much? How difficult is it to recover? Might you have to start from square one if it’s been too long?

Lucilyn: our ability to impose has never faded at all (edited)

2:10 AM

just visual/etc. clarity, same as visualization really, normally you don't lose the ability to visualize lol but it can get blurrier

2:11 AM

same difficulty as visualization clarity to get good at again, however that is for you

2:11 AM

though our "sense of presence" imposing just barely gets a bit worse, and comes back in full more easily than visual clarity

2:12 AM

so yeah, overall the same between imposition, visualization, vocality etc.

Does anyone have a certain way that they create a tulpa?

I think you'll fine that generally, talking to them is the most commonly suggested forcing method.

Do i just keep talking to nothing or is there something to like get it started?

2:28 AM

My mind tends to be very literal

2:29 AM

So its hard for me to grasp vague subjects like this

It might feel like talking to nothing at first, but if you keep going, eventually you'll begin getting responses.

imagine them being there and direct your thoughts to them like how you direct your words to someone in a conversation

2:29 AM

and that’s how you talk to them

The important thing is to accept what you hear back as your tulpa, without doubting it too much.

very this. This is important

Owen ˗ˏˋM&M´ˎ˗ ↩️

Reply to: The important thing is to accept what you hear back as your tulpa, without doubting it too much.

Owen ˗ˏˋM&M´ˎ˗

The important thing is to accept what you hear back as your tulpa, without doubting it too much.

I tend to subconsciously doubt things

2:35 AM

Is there like any guided meditation i can listen to

2:35 AM

The first one i found on youtube apparently belonged to a cult and i dont wanna do that

There aren't any I can think of, other than GearHeart's (which is the bad one you mentioned)

2:36 AM

I recommend just putting on some calming music, sitting in a comfortable place, and thinking to your tulpa.

2:37 AM

It can be about anything. Questions, general conversation, fleshing out their appearance and identity, your pick.

Alright

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Do i just keep talking to nothing or is there something to like get it started?

Lucilyn: the key to the process is feeling as if there is another person in your mind who is listening (and wanting to respond) (edited)

2:39 AM

that expectation/intent is what nudges your brain to actually start making it happen

2:40 AM

you could call believing your tulpa exists a self-fulfilling prophecy

2:40 AM

though it does take some time for the mental wiring to get made

Yep.

So is a wonderland just a world in your imagination? Like could you make a wonderland thats just a house you and your tulpas live in? Sorry if i ask a lot of questions lol

Yeah

yes

It can be as complex or simple as you want

You technically don't even need one

Can be anything or nothing ^^° We don't even have one ourselves (edited)

or if you want to be fancy and not to sound childish to other people you can call it paracosm or something

We just call ours "headspace" or "innerworld"

4:03 PM

"wonderland" sounds a little too whimsical for what ours actually is

4:03 PM

"mindscape" is also a good one, IMO

I usually call ours headspace but in this server i tend to call it wonderland since that's more of a tulpa term

Atlas ˗ˏˋM&M´ˎ˗

We just call ours "headspace" or "innerworld"

For me tho i dont wanna use headspace mostly just cause i dont have a dissociative disorder and i dont wanna be confused for someone who has one

Kei Wendt

I usually call ours headspace but in this server i tend to call it wonderland since that's more of a tulpa term

Yeah

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For me tho i dont wanna use headspace mostly just cause i dont have a dissociative disorder and i dont wanna be confused for someone who has one

I usually call it headspace just cuz i don't feel like my headmates are tulpas but yeah i get that

I wanna make a tulpa but im really self aware so like if i dont get a response i feel extremely isolated and i get discouraged

if you want to be really fancy, you can also make it a memory palace and then just call it your memory palace ^w^

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I wanna make a tulpa but im really self aware so like if i dont get a response i feel extremely isolated and i get discouraged

It's okay not to get a response at first. It'll take time. No need to feel discouraged, because it can take a long time for some people Just keep up the good work, and you'll get there

Don't consider "not having a response" as "there's nobody listening". They just don't know how to reach you yet ^^ But they will in due time no matter what hardship are present on the way. If you want to believe and end up believing it will happen. Sooner or later. (edited)

Would it be beneficial to like map out like a place where id meet them?

I mean, anyone can have a headspace.

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Reply to: For me tho i dont wanna use headspace mostly just cause i dont have a dissociative disorder and i do…

You can yes. Could be a nice narration exercise too like vshowing the place and all.

Non-plural people can have a headspace. It's not disorder-exclusive.

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4:14 PM

I personally see the term "headspace" as being far less medicalized than other terms, like "alter", since it's used within other contexts as well and doesn't need to be related to DID/OSDD

I just dont want people to get confused

so many words to call imagination

Cause when i say headspace most peoples minds go straight to system yknow?

yeah because headspace app popularised the use of the word for plural systems

I don't think so personally, but you can just call it whatever you want. It doesn't matter.

4:16 PM

It genuinely doesn't, as long as it's easy for you to understand in whatever way you're using to describe it.

No it's fine

4:21 PM

You can delete it with the x emoji though

tupperbox let's you delete by reacting to it with ❌ for future reference

4:21 PM

beat me to Saying it

ok

Wait also isnt tulpamancy originally a buddhist practice

5:57 PM

Are there any religious implications

Not if you don't want there to be any.

5:58 PM

The tulpamancy you find commonly practiced in online spaces is so far removed from the original Tibetan Buddhist practice.

5:58 PM

You can take a purely psychological approach to it and be completely fine.

Buddhism isn't really a religion anyway also making people in your head isn't something that can be restricted

breathing is also a buddhist practice

6:27 PM

and?

Yuka

Buddhism isn't really a religion anyway also making people in your head isn't something that can be restricted

How is buddhism… not.. a religion?

It's often viewed as a philosophy or even a science of the mind

non-theistic religions anyone

I myself am not buddhist but my moms side of the family is

6:32 PM

So like im trying to wrap my head around all this

this is a basic function of the brain

6:33 PM

no group of people can claim it and bar it from anyone else

will you also stop breathing because breathing is a buddhist practice

They don’t, anyways.

Rusty ↩️

Reply to: no group of people can claim it and bar it from anyone else

thats like saying the first group to use imagining objects in your mind in their religious practice now have exclusive rights to the use of that basic function in the brain. its stupidity.

As far as I know, the Buddhists who have interacted with the community are generally fine with it.

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I myself am not buddhist but my moms side of the family is

Some might view it as a religion but not everyone does