May I enter some input as a ’younger’ tulpamancer? Sorry in advance for typos, I’m on a tablet, but I’ll try to fix them later when it’s less of a nusiance.
First off, let me introduce myself properly. I’m a fifteen year old girl. I’ve been tulpaforcing for almost a half year now, and I’ve got three tulpas: Forseen, Muse, and Alix.
Now, when I first started, I’d probably be the definiton of a bad tulpamancer. I researched for a whole hour before starting, the only reason I started was because I was bored (yes, I was legitimately just bored and wanted to kill time), and honestly, I didn’t take any of this seriously. My thought pattern literally went, ’this sounds cool, imma try it! :D’
Now, I’ve got the attention span of a gold fish, and I don’t really take anything seriously. Those who know me know this to be true. And yet somehow, I’ve managed to keep this up for a half a year, and I don’t really plan on quitting any time soon. To several veterans this may sound like nothing, but you don’t really know me in real life, cause honestly, I never stick with anything. So how I got this far, I’m not exactly sure. However, I definitely know my tulpas had something to do with it.
Okay, yeah, lotta people my age are immature, including me. However, I feel maturity has less to do with this, otherwise I would’ve quit a loooong time ago. It deals more with just plain interest and the ability to deal with problems. The problem with a lotta people my age is that they lose interest in things quickly, and when they hit a snag, they give up. With me, I’m not the most mature person in the world, and like hell I’m responsible, but if I’m interested in something, then I’m really interested, and as long as I’m interested, I’ll find a way around any problems that get in my way. The reason most people quit is a lack of progress. They try one thing, go ’Oh this doesn’t work’ and move on. This kinda thing just happens more with younger people than older ones.
Also like I said, my tulpas. With this whole thing, once you get to the point of ’holy crap i have another person in my head’, then you’re pretty much bought in. Seriously, everyone forms a strong bond with their tulpa, so once they’re sentient, you’re probably not just gonna throw them out one day.
And as someone said before, my tulpas has helped me alot with this whole growing-up thing. They help me deal with certain problems I’d never be able to tell anyone in real life, they encourage me to do things instead of just thinking about doing things, they’ve taught me how to act mature, and most notably they’ve helped my attention and focus (soooo helpful). I have no idea where I’d be at this point without them.
Basically, when it comes to tulpa-making, interest comes before all. Age doesn’t matter. Tulpas can help those who are immature mature. And, my tulpas are awesommmeeeeeeeee >w< I luffles them~ <3<3<3 Yeeaaah, it was impossible for me to be serious in this entire post XD