Hello All, I've known about tulpaforming and tulpas in general for a couple of years now, I was interested in the practice back in 2015 when I was in high school. I've only just now started considering it more seriously and I was hoping to get a bit of advice before I plunge head-first in to this.

Essentially, my main reasons for considering having a tulpa are as follows:

1) Loneliness. I am a highly sociable person who craves social interaction to the point of being incapable of functioning normally without it. I also have social anxiety, however, and easily become overwhelmed by being surrounded by others. I would like to be able to have a companion with me that I won't get overwhelmed by. Normally my husband fills this role, but we work opposite scheduled and we don't see each other as much as we'd like to. Therefore, I am lonely very often.

2) I want a voice/guiding force inside my own head that will give me that push to speak up and do the right thing. I constantly find myself in situations where I feel passionate about something but don't speak up out of anxiety and fear. But in my heart and in my head, I imagine myself shouting at the top of my lungs and making whatever is happening cease. I think have a tulpa who embodies the strength I feel in my heart would help me to express myself.

3) Somewhere in my head, I can still feel an old imaginary friend I had as a kid, and I miss the fun and conversations I used to have with her.

I've already started to see what I believe might be able to become a tulpa, it is a force I can occasionally visualized and hear in my head, which exists externally to my consciousness while also being internal to it. I want to know what you guys think about what has occurred so far and my rationale behind this decision before I commit fully to tulpamancing. Thank you so much for reading this super long post and for your wisdom, insight, and advice.