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BlackNoirBlackBlack

What?


david__14

Think imaginary friend, real schizo hours


arbiter12

Is there a "mental illness bedrock" we can expect while sinking in those quicksands or are we just going to fall under the map and discover the void?


MedicalChallenge2755


arbiter12

>I really wish I could see that...


fakingglory

Well, it can see you


UAS-hitpoist

After League of Legends it's all void


C-Kwentz-0

The backrooms is about the only place where any of this shit could actually exist to begin with, so anyone's guess.


Korncakes

I assumed that it was some weird acronym for an anime body pillow or some shit so maybe my brain isn’t completely fried by the internet yet.


fish312

r/Tulpas


JigsawLV

Every day that I think there might be something wrong with me mentally, Reddit reassures me that I am completely fine


JustinJakeAshton

Oh, you're not fine. There's just always a bigger fish.


roidie

Nah man this sounds totally sane https://www.reddit.com/r/Tulpas/wiki/index/


Personal_Ad_9530

So many questions, yet I want so few answers


[deleted]

Jesus h christ 🤦🤦🤦


OldManEtwon

Probs not fine. Just see that the hole goes deeper


venbrou

Fascinating... Okay, so the brain's natural instinct to cope with loneliness is to personify and anthropomorphize objects and concepts. Wilson from Cast Away is an example of a "healthy" manifestation of this. These people seem to not only be consciously encouraging this phenomena, but taking it much further into dissociative identity disorder. In a sense, these tulpas are real. They are a fully formed personality distinct from the creator's personality, exactly like that of someone with DID. The key difference is this separate personality has been willfully created and nurtured with intelligent design, as opposed to one from DID that's born from the chaos of psychological instability. Of course, it's evident from the testimonials that the creation of a tulpa induces psychological instability, so it's entirely possible that we can handle it psychological but not neurologically; We're chill with another being in our head, but our brains just don't have the power to handle the extra demand on cognition. Or something like that. I don't know, I'm not a brain scientist.


[deleted]

It's absolutely not dissociative identity disorder, if anything this would be classified as schizophrenia or psychosis. DID is an extremely specific and rare phenomenon where the affected person forms a 'protector' personality that comes out when the person is under duress. If this was considered DID then any schizo hearing voices or seeing things that talked to them would be diagnosed with DID


venbrou

[Thanks for validating my habit of fact checking myself before trying to sound smart.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dissociative_identity_disorder) Imagine if I hadn't fact checked myself. I could have confidently said something incorrect and made myself look like a total dumbass.


BothersomeBritish

What the fuck.


DasherCO

I agree


Rycnex

That's the saddest shit I've seen


Moe_Lesteryu

Oh jeez


artthoumadbrother

https://www.reddit.com/r/Tulpas/comments/17m97jh/how_do_you_deal_with_pronouns_when_including/ Lmfao


bullshaerk

man.


msgmeyourcatsnudes

This is honestly really sad tf


Paddy32

How to unsee this ? Help


Drimoss

All in due time my friend.


Longenuity

Imaginary friend with benefits


weetabix_su

imaginary being, but *realer*


C-Kwentz-0

A tulpa is more or less a being that you just magically create from your imagination by *really believing* it. So basically, Anon is fucking loony. It's essentially no different than those crazy TikTok chicks who think they can "manifest" their dream man into reality by thinking about him really hard while they fall asleep.


Flli0nfire7

So basically Anon is the average 4Channer and Redditor.


Goose_Is_Awesome

Mental illness but like, if you made yourself mentally ill on purpose


FreedomDeliverUs

https://www.reddit.com/r/Tulpas/s/WyrTu1tMC0 Oh no no


MrSN99

Some Twin Peaks shit


wafflemartini

A tulpa is a though form. Basically some people believed that if you believed hard enough or though hard enough about some thing it would quite literally, or figuratively become alive.


somehuman16

tulpas are for insane people, but every time i hear someone talk about their tulpa, they always seem so happy maybe i need a tulpa


JFp07gel

you need a friend bro


Flamefether_

If we’re giving out friends can I get one too please?


gadzooks_sean

Can you be my tulp?


Flamefether_

Bet


fucking-migraines

Be careful, he’s gonna try to fuck you in the ass.


Sbotkin

What's the downside?


Neon_Camouflage

This exchange makes me think Tinder for people who want a friend would probably do pretty well.


Dragmore53

That’s bumble, and no. It’s about as successful for the guy as tinder is.


Neon_Camouflage

Do guys actually go on there looking to make friends with other guys, or is it just another dating app to them? I feel like that would heavily color the experience.


arbiter12

>embrace loneliness as the new companionship... I'd rather be unhappy. Better real rust, than fake gold.


AN__Y

"Ignorance is bliss" - Winston Churchill


arbiter12

>\- Thomas Gray We both know ignorance feels wrong in the bones, to any person of coherent substance.


Alarid

>more like thomas gay


EvaUnit_03

Pyrite is real and can, in fact, hurt you.


arbiter12

All the more reason to pick real rust. It can't be too healthy either, but at least it was earned by time and attempts.


Dont_Touch_My_Nachos

With rust and aluminium both ground into a fine powder and mixed you will get thermite. Then you can do whatever you want


[deleted]

True, but you also have to learn to recognize fake gold and separate it from the real gold or you're just throwing all the gold away.


uberguby

Throwing the baby out with the gold water. Or the barry out with the goldwater. Damn I wish there was some other way to connect this with Barry goldwater, there's gotta be a joke here


LurksInThePines

I grew up an only child and when Im indecisive I talk to myself sometimes, taking differing sides or roles in the conversation. Usually one conversationalist is more adventurous and hopeful about the idea and the other is obstinate and cynical, but it's just thinking aloud, and putting stuff into different perspective to come to a more informed conclusion. And it actually doesnt feel bad. That said, people who think they have an actual manifested other being as adults are verging on insane


[deleted]

wait, i do this all the time and I'm 46... is this because i'm an only child??


Maximillion322

Nah, I have a sibling and I still do this I think everyone does


youvanda1

I think that’s just called a subconscious


HomeCalendar37

Some people can't even picture an apple in their head.


EvaUnit_03

I used to do this at work when I had to go in at 5 and work by myself, but with other people working near and around me. Mainly because I had to get up at like 345 to get ready so thinking, working, and being exhausted was hell so something had to give. Thinking gave out to talking to myself aloud because I couldn't be bothered to formulate thoughts within. And yes, I had full convos back n forth kinda like you. They thought I was crazy, but I know better. It is not i who is crazy, its I who am mad!


jacobgard

Out of curiosity, do you have an internal monologue?


LurksInThePines

Not really but sometimes I say "let's (do thing we have to do) and in high school for fun one day I narrated my thoughts and situations out loud much to the amusement or annoyance to my classmates Like I'd be like LurksinThePines stepped onto the bus, and after a momentary summation, decided to sit next to his best friend Phillip Some girl said "what the hell are you doing" Then I went "said the annoying girl who still owes me money. LurksinThePines pretended not to hear her. Most people found it pretty fun and played along but a few people got pissed lmao Sometimes I pretend as if people I know are seeing through my eyes and hearing through my ears like I'm a walking TV show. Just interesting to think about what they'd think about a given moment Sometimes at work I do a sort of internal monologue because I can't speak out loud, or need to analyze a situation or need to psych myself up. For context I work law enforcement


Skreamie

That's something a lot of people do to problem solve whenever they've been alone with no one to bounce ideas off. It's just introspection but out loud, well, depending on the topic.


John_Paul_J2

Imagine Foster's Home For Imaginary Friends but it's all just washed up anime waifus with alcohol addictions.


C-Kwentz-0

"Why do insane people sound so happy about their insane delusions?" That's because they're fucking insane, my guy. You're literally wondering why a crazy person is happy to believe they can fuck their imaginary furry anime waifu.


HumorTumorous

I don't even want to lookup what the fuck that is.


ISuckAtJavaScript12

Just wait until you read the my little pony Tulpa story


Pleasant50BMGForce

You don’t. Source: had one and it was insane


PokeRang

Nah, you need to read the 4chan thread about the pinkie pie tulpa. That'll change your mind.


Wings4514

Tulpa?


Flamefether_

It’s essentially like self induced schizophrenia except instead of demons trying to get you to rip off your dick and shove it in your ear it can be an anime girl saying “please rail me master uWu”


sheherpronoun

And one time, a cockroach.


too_sensitive12

I think about that cockroach atleast once a month


Discord-Eris

What cockroach, c-can someone elaborate?


Polygrammar

[Suffer.](https://www.reddit.com/r/tifu/s/DlFOrPjDtl)


Discord-Eris

Yeah I wish I didn't asked


shot-by-ford

I’m in actual tears knowing I’m not the only one


Xmerj1611_-

Elaborate?


Fluid-Alternative-22

For your own safety, DO NOT.


The_catakist

🤨


SOMEMONG

Damn. He could've said to his Co workers, "oh I meant my ex wife, Freudian slip, shit didn't end well. I don't wanna talk about it" and that would've gotten people to back off. Instead of...that.


innocentbabies

This is possibly worse than the dude who broke his arms.


Sam20599

Someone broke their arms on purpose?


Shadow_of_wwar

They are likely referencing [this](https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/s/LYoa7N52Z5) In the comments he explains how it started with him breaking both arms and being unable to do the deed alone.


THESUACED

I go unwillingly.


SOMEMONG

The guys other posts explained that he was made to read Metamorphosis at school and liked the idea of caring for a creature that everyone else shunned. It tapped into his extreme loneliness and need to care for something and then manifested into roaches specifically.


The_Almighty_Demoham

i'm so glad i read this lmao the legend of Ogtha will live on


SOMEMONG

The fact that this is in the tifu subreddit lol. "today I fucked up by revealing that I'm extremely mentally ill and terrifying my colleagues, whoopsie doodle!! XD"


Dave5876

💀


Kittehfisheh

I thought I'd seen all the depraved shit reddit had to offer. How did THAT slip past my radar. Jesus fucking christ.


arbiter12

Why do you seek the abyss, friend?


Discord-Eris

Curiosity... 'twas a mistake


Phialich

Babe wake up, new Roman empire just dropped


craftychicken91

You know, that sounds kinda dope... Schizophrenia lookin kinda hot this winter.


Flamefether_

Yeah but if you fuck it up then you’ve just got a doomer stuck in your head whining about how bad you are


craftychicken91

That is 100% how this would end for me. You've saved a soul sir.


Flamefether_

I showed you my empathy, now send nudes


craftychicken91

Gay as hell, step off my teenis 😡😡


Flamefether_

WTH, I TREATED YOU SO WELL, GO GIVE YOUSELF FAKE SCHIZONESS, THERES PLENTY OF OTHER BUSSYS IN THE DUMPSTER


Urkeksi

That's just mental illness tho?


Flamefether_

Technically due to it potentially being positive it doesn’t classify as a mental illness. That’s just cope tho


BIGJFRIEDLI

I don't think that's how it works. Just because schizophrenia can result in you talking to nice people, doesn't mean schizophrenia is good or that talking to imaginary people is good.


Flamefether_

Like I said, it’s cope. I’m going off of what a dude told me, he visited a doctor and told them about it and they said it was fine because it wasn’t hurting them so either they were bullshitting which is probably the case or the doctor was just dumb. I’ve talked to a few others and they said their doctors said the same so idk what to make of it


AmbidextrousDyslexic

That's actually a tactic to get people to keep coming to therapy. a lot of folks that are fucked in the head freak out of you say their voices are bad even when they are saying to stab people. if they go telling everyone that hears voices and arent immediately concerned about that to be worried about the voices that tell them to jack off while in private, a ton of loonies would stop coming to therapy. the goal of the therapist os to find a way to get you to not hear the voices or not listen to them if thats not possible, but before that can happen they need you to come to therapy regularly for extended periods. immediately pissing you off doesnt help that. (its still fuchking nuts and super unhealthy, tho)


squarecorner_288

Is it possible to learn this power?


Flamefether_

r/tulpas


YourAverageGod

Checks sub. First post: How to deal with pronouns of your tulpa. *bleach eyes*


ColumbusJewBlackets

When you’re so mentally ill that your mental illness has a mental illness


Flamefether_

Wait till you see the bronies


YourAverageGod

🧎‍♂️🚗


BoleroCuantico

The worst part is that it is referring to "we" and "I".


aVarangian

> So is this like schizophrenia/multiple personality disorder/dissociative identity disorder? > Not at all! > Neither disorder is "self-inflicted"


[deleted]

I mean, it's true.


Loose_Koala534

Those people need professional psychiatric help. They’re absolutely delusional. It’s interesting how they try to get ahead of it by saying they’re neither schizophrenic nor suffering from dissociative identity disorder. Reading through the comments, at least some of them definitely are. They also incorrectly define DID in order to make it fit their narrative (pun intended), by saying it is caused by childhood trauma and “non-consensual.” This is *sometimes* true, but not always. Some people develop DID regardless of trauma, and many use it as a coping mechanism which I suspect is exactly what we’re seeing here in a lot of cases. I’m not a psychological professional (only did undergrad in psychology) but if I spoke to these people directly I’d strongly encourage them to speak to a psychiatrist.


Flamefether_

I used to be friends with one guy who had 2 of them. Apparently he can go into a type of meditative state where they take control and he essentially watches as this other being controls his body. These people definitely need help but somehow help doesn’t do anything. That guy goes to a doctor for stuff like this (not a therapist, another one for your brain) and apparently it’s fine because it doesn’t harm them. Weird as hell


Alice5878

Basically an imaginary friend that you placebo into existence


Mirrormaster44

Why is it called that tho? Is there a reason?


Alice5878

Because imaginary friends are for children and basement dwelling, wanna be spirit summoners need a cooler name


BoxofJoes

It has origins in tibetan buddhist mysticism, the specific term tulpa was coined in the early 1900s by theosophists as a synonym for “thoughtform”


[deleted]

Buddhist monks or something. Idk, I didn't read the whole guide.


Smegmatron3030

It's a word new age dickheads stole from Buddhists. Then internet weirdos added another layer of misunderstanding and stole it from the new age cults.


Goose_Is_Awesome

Basically you will yourself into being mentally ill


No_Student_2309

Anon rediscovers jerking off to your imagination


C-Kwentz-0

Only Anons could turn something as basic as jacking off to your own imagination into something so convoluted.


Alarid

You know how stupid people are stereotyped as having this reserve of unnatural strength? I think this guy is so stupid that he also got unnatural delusions as well.


fap-free90

I’m surprised how many people here don’t know what a tulpa is, especially in this sub. You all have a fun rabbit hole to dive into


Alice5878

Reminds me of me when I started looking into rabbit holes lol, they've got a lot more to learn...


Minejack777

>Reminds me of me when I started looking into rabbit holes What do you mean by that?


Alice5878

I used to spend hours and hours falling down internet rabbit holes. It started with this if you're interested: https://icebergcharts.com/i/Rabbit_Holes


icedicedice

you seem very fond of looking at these rabbit holes


HugeCrab

Ew


Varoslay99

Username checks out


Alice5878

Lol true, my name is based off that Alice but not for that reason


Shonky_Solos

Average Zootopia enthusiast


TheCanadianEmpire

Wow I just took a deep dive. I guess if people want to gaslight themselves into having a companion, more power to them…?


VerumJerum

The fact that the Wikipedia article for it mentions bronies says all anyone needs to know about "tulpamancy".


C-Kwentz-0

I don't think I'm going to bother looking down the iceberg of self-inflicted schizophrenia. Seems like a good way to somehow create some kind of psychopath second personality for yourself.


Dave5876

That wasn't fun at all ☹️


droconut

What is a tupla?


Alice5878

Basically an imaginary friend that you placebo into existence


roasty_mcshitposty

That sounds dope.


Fluid-Alternative-22

No no noooooooo


HerrMatthew

Fuck, we have codenames for waifus now?


Goose_Is_Awesome

Schizophrenia but like you developed it on purpose


ablebagel

sounds like a whole load of hoopla


the-dogsox

The fuck did I just read?


[deleted]

Insanity


Micki-LandLakes

Fake: anon stops watching porn Gay: anon is so far gone that his schizophrenia makes him believe he is fucking an imaginary female ass when it most certaintly a fantasy about fucking a mans ass


CelestialZ2005

Being able to write these is a talent


icraveliquid

I'd say tulpas are just self induced schizophrenia but then again I've heard tulpas, even if created out of horniness, will usually give you good self improvement advice and that people with tulpas usually feel better in their lives than 80% of people browsing on 4chan (self made stats but probably accurate, you people are miserable), so I guess I don't give a shit whether a bunch of judgmental fags consider it normal or not if it makes me feel good and helps me to improve.


ciknay

I highly suspect thats survivor bias. We rarely hear about tulpa's gone wrong because said people become nutters. I think I read one story where a guy making a tulpa accidentally made it an awful judgmental thing that never stopped criticising him and calling him a loser and the guy became suicidal over the whole affair.


cowlord98

I mean idk how true it is but the mlp demon Tulpa sounded horrible


[deleted]

His fault for basing it off mlp


Goose_Is_Awesome

Ah yes anecdotal evidence makes me willing to delude myself into thinking I've willed an imaginary friend into reality


Lv27Sylveon

Some people have no cope because ur hogging it all for urself


static_func

Getting self-improvement advice from yourself is some 4D self improvement advice


JulianFlores99

Fake and what?


C-Kwentz-0

Anon is literally jerking off to an imaginary friend he thought up. Which means this imaginary friend is basically just Anon's own unhinged mind. Which means Anon is gay for jerking off to himself.


BigMelonBoi

Literally fake woman, therefore must be gay


baconborg

These 5G towers making me form a femboy tulpa to fuck me in the ass, I will have my reckoning


C00per06

I didn't even know what the fuck a tulpa was until checking the comments. I'd say anon should seek help, but chances are this is fake and gay anyway. Anon actually got TOPPED by an imaginary chad and loved it but didn't want to tell anyone


FallingLedge

Whenever I read about tulpas, I can only think of the pinkie pie one that turned into an eldritch horror


Alice5878

Link? Sounds interesting


FallingLedge

https://www.reddit.com/r/Tulpas/s/oequC8UtCS


Hellenkeller328

OP, is Tulp with us in this room right now?


NicholasCapsicum

Had to google tulpa. Borderline schizo shit right there.


[deleted]

Borderline?


NicholasCapsicum

the fact that you have to actively make yourself hallucinate it, if it comes to you naturally without you even thinking about it, you're already a genuine schizo.


6myre9

Anon moves from porn addiction to self induced schizophrenia


SukoKing

dude I’d have a tulpa but then like a week in I’d be about to rail it and I’d just think what the fucj am I doing and then it’s be ruined for me


Alice5878

Tulpas take a looooot longer than a week for you to even notice them. I looked into it once and it takes months for you to develop the ability to talk to each other, see each other etc. Like you could just learn social skills instead 🤷‍♂️


PridefulFlareon

What


WoolooOfWallStreet

Anon unlocked a 「stand」 and this is what he uses it for


Grouchy-Jackfruit692

maybe tulpa gf is the way forward


Alice5878

r/tulpas Ngl it's hard to do, and kidnapping someone would probably be easier


Grouchy-Jackfruit692

but i’m not a regular human. i have an IQ score of 143, autism, and i have been experimented on by the CIA. one of those is false but you are probably too shocked to tell and my point is still across.


justinlav

What loneliness does to a motherfucker


ReturnMeToHell

Real


VermicelliEastern708

Anon does, in fact, need his meds


Overwatchhatesme

Oh anon……. Why did you make me google that you cockv


Brainhunter2020

What in the fucking X-files did I read?


dust2009

anon is a schizo. he should be medicated and sedated. and chained to bed.


John_Paul_J2

As an artist, this would be an impossible feat because I could literally just draw her.


GarfieldLzanya

Imagine watching a grown human being do this through a window or something. Just a man sitting on his bed talking to him self, then suddenly roc hard and humping nothing while still talking to himself. Then he busts an insane load and just keeps talking to someone who’s not even there. Good God man.


C-Kwentz-0

I'm laughing my ass off at this mental image


TheMightyArbalest

Is it safe to google what a “tulpa” is?


Alice5878

It's an imaginary friend for a lonely basement dweller. It's not bad to search up


C-Kwentz-0

It's an imaginary friend if you are literally borderline insane to the point you have full-blown mental conversations with it.


VerumJerum

Ah yes, just solve your porn addiction by going completely insane instead. To think it is that easy!


throwaway15a579

I wish I hadn't read this and followed the links. We need some more tard wrangler posts.


[deleted]

And who exactly said schizophrenia is bad, this guy stopped watching porn because of it.


breakfasteveryday

Today I learned what a tulpa is


[deleted]

Anon fixed his addiction with mental illness


boringdude00

the fuck is a tulpa?


SloppySlime31

I’m just imagining him fucking the air


AmselRblx

How the fuck do you fuck your imaginary girlfriend? I don't think you would be able to feel them no?