>>14534697No, Even the whole self-induction is debatable and based on the claims of those who've tried it.
When a kid has an imaginary friend he's neither acknowledging nothing is really there and lieing for attention nor is he actually seeing anything at all.
it's an odd state of the mind filling in for what it lacks (I. E companionship), the kid is baisically role playing a presence without being aware he's making it up.
It would be like getting into such a deep roleplay where you play two roles that you forgot it isn't real and your mind splits between two characters. Likewise, it can also be described as being a ventriloquist having the memory of ever controlling the dummy wiped from your memory every time.
They don't see the tulpas but they believe they can, because the story of their experiences with said entitiy is already played out in their heads.
They and the tulpa are the same person, they've just blocked out the fact that they're the ones pretending to be unicorn sparkle when she talks.
