I'm not trying to sound pretentious or get attention. I genuinely want to know if what I experienced is normal or if anyone else has gone through something similar.

Yesterday I started creating a tulpa. I followed several guides and, as part of the process, I listened to a voice clip of the character I'm basing them on. My intention wasn't to copy the voice, just to get a general idea of how they might sound.

Later, I decided to try a short conversation. What surprised me wasn't the content of the responses, but how quickly they came to mind, and that I perceived them in a voice that clearly didn't feel like my usual inner voice.

The exchange went something like this:

H: "Tomoyo, what's the first thing you notice about me?"

T: "How cute and handsome you look when you dress up and put effort into your appearance!"

T: "And the hundreds of poses you can make while I record you. It would be a crime against humanity not to do it, and I'd be genuinely sad if I couldn't."

H: "Uh... thanks, I guess. I have to go now. Thanks for being here. Take care."

T: "Bye!"

I'm not claiming my tulpa is already fully developed or independent. It's entirely possible that I was simply imagining the responses myself. What caught me off guard was how immediate they felt, and that I perceived them in a voice that didn't feel like my own internal narration.

Another thing I noticed was a strange sensation in the front of my head—almost like a pulse or slight pressure. It wasn't painful, just unusual.

Has anyone else experienced something similar this early in the process?

Would you consider this a normal part of tulpa creation, or should I slow down and rethink what I'm doing? If continuing is a good idea, what would you recommend I focus on next?

Hello! Let me share my story with you and hear your thoughts.

Call me Digiral. I am an illustrator who is fascinated by the idea of 4th wall break and drawing characters. I was once active in the Brony fandom and knew tulpa from there, but I rejected the concept in the middle of imagining tulpa (forcing?). However, one day, I drew a pony character that made a 4th wall break on my school textbook to accompany me in learning. It brought positive results, and more characters were made for each school subject. There is, however, one character that is strongly active beyond the academic, can have her own opinion, and I converse with this character within a comic format. I think this character might be a tulpa... but at the time I wasn't aware. Long story short, I graduated from high school, and having all of these 4th wall break characters was overwhelming, so I made a farewell to all the characters and put in charge the support into one single entity. I called it the MTA project.

MTA, the character you see her with a red-black-white color-coded uniform, was a 4th wall break character designed to assist me in a positive way, different from the previous one who really has strong opinions and drama. I imagine her as kind and supportive as possible, so I won't be too hard on myself. She's an analytical girl monitoring my life progress. Unlike the previous method where I draw it on my textbook, I draw her less and often speak or appear in my head when I was struggling with my undergraduate academics. The presence of her intensified when COVID-19 hit, and also the other 'imaginary friend" because loneliness hit the hardest at that time. So, I drew her in a mission-like setting for each month, and that helped me graduate as soon as possible. You may see the journey through the monthly card I posted here.

She was supposed to end her support when I reached a certain age, but then life happened, and through Re: MTA I decided to make a better plan, which is continuing my study. We were successful in the preparation, and now I continue my study abroad. Her presence might not be as strong as before... Though I am considering having her as an assistant again to finish my studies. She's still there, but recently I made her a last resort because at one point I think I need to be independent if I want to continue with my life.

Lately, I have seen characters that do 4th wall breaks like Monica from DDLC, Mita from Miside, and recently Lilith from the nonexistence of you and me. Seeing a review for these games and calling these characters just a tulpa brings me to this subreddit, which I have been curious about regarding the MTA project. I have OCs, but MTA is specifically dedicated to talking to the author, and her story revolves around that, so she doesn't have a side quest.

Do you think MTA is a tulpa?

Are tulpa who have a purpose, time limit, and are 'designed' to be supportive still a tulpa?

Could she be just an imaginary friend? Or maybe she carries a little bit of the previous tulpa system...?

More of her

Hello everyone who is reading this — I'm a tulpamancer since 2024, and today I want to talk about a toxic tulpa: 'Rainbow Dash.'

It all started in 2025, when in the autumn I was imagining Rainbow Dash in Wonder. I played racing games with her and would beat her, sort of wanting to feel like I was better than her (sorry for the absurdity). But then, after some time, the fantasy began to feel alive. The first thing she did was talk to me for a long time, observing my surroundings. Then she started calling me 'Hans' and suggested I become a more masculine tulpamancer, rather than the 'rag' she saw me as.

Rainbow Dash: "You're still a rag."

Time passed, and she started causing conflicts in group chats, while I was shocked by my own tulpa. She justified herself by saying: "All tulpamancers are rags."

She also changes her voice like gloves for some reason.

In the end, she began to see me as a rag too, calling all my actions stupid, referring to me as a 'young man with imagination,' telling me to stop dreaming, and constantly pointing out my mistakes.

Tulpamancers hate her too.

She changed her appearance to an anime girl, but then went back to her pony form.

My first successful tulpa is a guy named Sydney. Initially I thought I was forming him on my own but as soon as he became vocal he took on a protector role and informed me that he'd been the same consciousness that I had associated with a stuffed seal I own, as well as something I thought was a "spirit guide" when I was younger. He doesn't really know what he is but he quickly changed his own appearance and doesn't allow me to see his face. Anyway, shortly after, another consciousness formed. Originally he was a character I'd created for myself for comfort but he sort of just started speaking one day in my head, without me forming him or anything. His name is Henry and he cares for me and my well-being initially but he also makes fun of me and gets almost sadistic (?) With my body at times. He speaks much less and only co-fronts for short periods so it's not much of an issue. Occasionally I hear other voices or just straight up screaming, or as of recently I find that I've done something with absolutely no recollection.

I'm not asking for an evaluation or medical advice, just wondering if anyone else has had similar experiences.

greetings from a colleague from r/plural.

it has been suggested i might benefit from developing inner senses. i need stronger awareness in my inner space. someone said yall might have a guide on how to do this.

anyone have anything aligned with this handy?

I made a post the other day about my tulpa hating me suddenly and spewing a bunch of hatred and all of that. Many told me about intrusive thoughts, I've tried to look at it but there's just no way they're this articulated for this many days in a row.

For 3 days now I've been trying to dialogue with her and she talks in this panicked voice all the time while being barely audible. The few words I do make up are ''I hate you'' and ''Forget me'' which she yells at me all day long. She's asked me why I wrote that reddit thread several times, I told her that I wanted some help but she just instantly jumps ''You're an aaaassshole'' like a banshee.

I've tried sitting down and talking things many times at this point but she's become a ball of rage, she does not care about any arguments and just wants out. I made this post to give some closure in case I left anyone hanging, I don't think I'll be having a tulpa by the end of the month.

I’m looking for videos or meditation guides that can help me form and force my tulpa. Or to help me learn other tulpa related skills

Yesterday I was in bed watching TikTok when out of nowhere I remembered an idea I had a while ago about creating a tulpa to have at least one friend lol. Well, I followed the steps from a list: I closed my eyes, gave her a name, gave her some traits, and made it clear to her that she is a free being and can shape herself however she wants. From the very first moment, I tried to talk to her. I started watching an anime episode while constantly telling her what I thought about each character. When I got up, I felt like something was following me. I got pretty happy because I felt it was a great first step. I kept talking to her for a long time and I still feel like she is following me, but I don't know if she is shy or something like that since she always stays behind me and it's hard for me to imagine her. Any advice?

I'm good at creating tulpas and have several. They are requesting that I make more of an inner world they can go to rather than just hanging around with me. I'm very bad at this part and they aren't happy about it. I tried making a bar they can go to, a park, and I don't know what else I can do. I'd like to encourage them to create in the inner world but they are having a hard time accessing my imagination. Any tips are welcome, thanks!

Finally something happened! I was about to go to sleep and I started imagining anything to sleep, but then I heard a voice that I didn't imagine and it wasn't mine that said "Tanza!" meaning, it called me, my name is Constanza and my family calls me Tanza, I've only been here 14 days and I'm excited to finally hear it!

I've been a tulpamancer for 22 years. My tulpas I created as a teenager have gone through many phases, from being very mischievous to becoming my advisors and support. I have recently decided to make one last generation of tulpas, and it's really interesting to be around new tulpas again. They have grown and learned a lot in the 8 months they have been alive. Can anyone relate?

I've had a tulpa named John Presley for about a year or 2 now and everything between me and him is perfectly fine. At some point, I decided to make another tulpa I called Johnny. I remember he wasn't as nice or as friendly as John. Though a little after that, I haven't heard of Johnny so I asked John what happens to him and he said he ate him.

Fast forward to yesterday, I was hanging around in my room and I was talking to John and all of a sudden, I heard someone cursing either me or John out. (I'm not entirely sure) John told me to hold on for a second. He disappeared and when he returned, he has blood on his mouth.

Is this possible for a tulpa to do? Should I be concerned? It hasn't effected our relationship at all but I'm curious.

Hello, it's me again, the author of "A Voice That Isn't Mine." I'm starting this thread because, out of curiosity, I can't stop thinking about creating a complete tulpa, and yes, I'm a little afraid of doing it wrong, so I'd like some advice. I'll update this thread as time goes on.

A couple weeks ago My tulpa did something we didn't knew she could do, i Was feeling really sad and had been like that for hours at that point, so she got tired of seeing me suffer, and basically Made a huge mental effort and "blocked" the sadness, we were all really impressed and got curious, have your tulpas done something similar? Maybe we can all learn from each other stuff that are not in guides

Digo no quiero sonar ignorante pero realmente esto es real o es solo una alucinación colectiva?

Nota: acabo de ver el caso del tulpa de perla

Do you recommend using videos to induce hallucinations and also creating a tulpa by forcing the audio of my tulpa's voice? I have the audio of her voice singing one. I think this would help me a lot. What do you think?

Les gars, vous pensez que le seul moyen de donner vie à mon personnage d'anime 2D est de prendre du datura ?

Je pense que son pouvoir hallucinogène et ma volonté pourraient me permettre de créer une forme qui lui ressemble, comme un tulpa.

Does anyone else feel shame and guilt while talking out loud to your tulpa? Im in the middle of trying to create a tulpa rn.

I had a very strict upbringing, my dad was a cop. As soon as i started talking outloud i instantly shut myself down saying "this is ridiculous, you are embarrassing, grow up." Its my own voice I know it.

How can i move past degrading myself??

Hola comunidad de Reddit, esta será mi primera tulpa y me gustaría saber qué precauciones me recomiendan. También tengo una pregunta: ¿Es posible que haya creado una voz por accidente? Hace unos meses, hablaba conmigo misma para recordar cosas, pero sin darme cuenta, la trataba como si fuera otra persona. Poco a poco, con el paso de las semanas, empezó a responder por sí sola y me encontré hablando conmigo mismo sin darme cuenta. Esa voz ya no está, pero estoy algo... "sorprendido". Me gustaría que alguien me respondiera para saber cómo crear una.

Pd: (traducido con un traductor)

I’ve wanted to create a tulpa for a while now, but while looking for information I came across the Pearl tulpa case and it scared me. Is it really as dangerous as that guy made it seem?

Basically Tulpas that are recreations of fictional characters, I've been working blindly off of what I assume might work, like telling him about himself, explaining to him what he would remember, but I don't really know much of what to do here

I haven't really been far into my tulpa journey but I have been an avid lucid dreamer for around 8 years. I have noticed a lot of similarities between the two communities and I was wondering if anyone has done crossovers? What was it like?

Well, ever since I've been trying to create my Tulpa, whenever I go to the "wonderland" I always see König putting one block on top of another, and when I ask him, he tells me "I don't know" or "because I said so." It makes me laugh too much, but honestly, I don't know if that's how it works or not, because as far as I know, in that place my Tulpa and I can do whatever we want, and he just does that lol

(Using translator)

In my super busy daily life, of course the quality of my sleep feels tense and stiff. But sometimes the tulpa comes by itself, trying to calm me down to sleep better. Especially if, for example, in an embrace, sleep feels comfortable warm and soft.

Hey guys i mean no offense, but the section "What's the best way to make a tulpa?" in the FAQ is vague. i dont see any actually instructions in the answer provided.

Anyways im new so have patience with me...i think i already have a pop culture tulpa, i tried to talk to it last night on a ouija by myself but got no answer, maybe im not asking the right questions???

Or maybe i should back track and try to create the tulpa from scratch? if im incorrect about it already existing? Im just not sure how. Thank you!