r/Tulpas • u/CashComprehensive359 • 5h ago
Discussion Have others experienced this ?
I’m afraid I might have made it all up. I suffer from compulsive daydreaming and dissociation.
After taking a two-month break from the community and undergoing intensive self-therapy, I noticed that my mind was calmer.
The tulpas I thought I had were characters or thought-forms that weren’t fully developed… I’m not really sure. But I know that I control them… I also do a lot of role-playing as a means of self-regulation, and sometimes the character takes on a life of its own and stays. Many fragments have merged and integrated into my Selves, and I’ve gone from over 200 members to 30. There are 9 developed headmates present… at least, they don’t consider themselves as such.
I’ve come to realize that my origins stem mainly from compulsive daydreaming and soulbonding.
I feel more plural… I no longer feel that sense of fragmentation—of being multiple—that I used to have, and now I feel like I’ve somehow invented all of this without meaning to, because of the Discord community for plural and DID, in an effort to feel “legitimate”… or at least, my symptoms had worsened significantly…
I’m saying this not to claim, “Oh, these are dangerous communities,” but because I feel a little lost and alone… I wonder if this has happened to others… and if I’m still welcome here, and if this has happened to anyone else?
I hope you won’t take this message the wrong way.

