Its worth noting a lot of tulpamancers dont necessarily 'split' (as in give up a bit of identity for the tulpa on purpose) and instead take a crafted template and start treating it like a person until it becomes one or just talk into the void until it talks back. Some do intentionally split, but its a less common method from what weve seen as most guides use the template method. Many tulpamancer's formation of headmates is totally different than the experience of splitting or walk-ins and its fascinating tbh. Daemonists are odd and interesting in a different way, as they sort of *do* use the splitting method, but also sort of not? They posit the daemon was already there and a part of you and everyone has one, you just need to learn to hear it. They personify a aspect of their conscience('gut thoughts' and such) as a talking animal, essentially, and many daemons VERY rapidly become autonomous. Many daemonists dont consider themselves plural though.
We do also really like hearing about and seeing new science and calling into question what we all thought we knew and all that also, its just something we recognize a lot of systems have Big Existential Dread about. Its part of why we constantly go looking for people accounts of experiences unlike ours as well- we love seeing things that break the current models and also want to stave off any possible kneejerks about things that challenge the way plurality is thought of.
Yeah, its really comforting to see multiples who have ZERO dissociation reported, its not at all how we experience things, but its nice to see. They have the same experiences we do, they describe the experiences the same way, just without the haze over the world.
Weve heard some system say it feels unfair to see people not having any trouble at all when they struggle so hard with disassociation and trauma, and while there is a wistful sigh that it would be nice if the dissociation was ~30% less of a problem and theres a bit of a twinge they get to not get blurry depersonalization episodes or whatever else, it gives us more hope than anything.
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Daemonists are odd and interesting in a different way, as they sort of *do* use the splitting method, but also sort of not? They posit the daemon was already there and a part of you and everyone has one, you just need to learn to hear it. They personify a aspect of their conscience('gut thoughts' and such) as a talking animal, essentially, and many daemons VERY rapidly become autonomous. Many daemonists dont consider themselves plural though.
We do also really like hearing about and seeing new science and calling into question what we all thought we knew and all that also, its just something we recognize a lot of systems have Big Existential Dread about.
Its part of why we constantly go looking for people accounts of experiences unlike ours as well- we love seeing things that break the current models and also want to stave off any possible kneejerks about things that challenge the way plurality is thought of.
Yeah, its really comforting to see multiples who have ZERO dissociation reported, its not at all how we experience things, but its nice to see. They have the same experiences we do, they describe the experiences the same way, just without the haze over the world.
Weve heard some system say it feels unfair to see people not having any trouble at all when they struggle so hard with disassociation and trauma, and while there is a wistful sigh that it would be nice if the dissociation was ~30% less of a problem and theres a bit of a twinge they get to not get blurry depersonalization episodes or whatever else, it gives us more hope than anything.