>>10506613OK, so I'm not sure if I'd call these tulpas or not, but I have created voices to talk to in my head every now and then, most of the time when I'm bored or stressed. They have names and kind of have personalities, but they and I both acknowledge that we're all the same person. Moreover, they are aspects of my personality that I gave a voice to.
The first one is Lou, and if I were to describe him, he looks like me but with a little more hair and a thicker beard, and his voice is deeper. He's angry and determined, but not necessarily cruel. He keeps me on track when I start thinking bad thoughts.
The second one is Benni, he's sounds really feminine and he's very animated, and he looks like me but without a beard and smaller. He's cheery, supportive, and, again, feminine.
Third is Will, he's like me but with long hair and a thicker beard. He's chill as fuck and funny, but I don't talk to him much. His voice is mine but with that smooth gravel that radio voices sometimes have.
I'm capable of "switching" to these personalities when I want to and sometimes do it without thinking; I switch to Lou when I get stressed and he keeps me from doing anything rash, I switch to Benni when I'm super relaxed or sometimes when I'm drunk, and Will comes out when I'm hanging out with friends.
I don't have DID or schizophrenia or anything and I don't "become" these voices, I merely emphasize the characteristics of their respective personalities when I put them forward, kind of like putting on a metaphorical coat. I'm always me and these voices feel like part of me and not some separate consciousness, but I'm intrigued by this tulpa thing and was wondering if this was anything like that.
As a side note, when talking to these voices, I almost never call them by name and neither do they to me. It's always pronouns, I just gave them names when they were created to differentiate between them.
