Just as with anything else in the world (especially things that happen to be, shall we say, "underground"), there are several misunderstandings surrounding tulpas and their creators, most of which are powered by fear and, when provided with knowledge and the right amount of open-mindedness, should be knocked out pretty easily. :) I won't be able to get all of the misconceptions into one post, but this should encompass some of the bigger ones.
Bull Crap, the First: Tulpas are Evil!
Nope. The whole thing about tulpas being evil and killing their creators has been spread through creepypasta, but is in fact a load of baloney. Aside from the fact that tulpas cannot kill their creators, they're very unlikely to want to. These are sentient beings, after all, and most sentient beings do not want to kill themselves--for that is what a tulpa would be doing if they killed their host.
All tulpas love their creators, unless their creators beat them or rape them (in which case the tulpamancers don't deserve to be loved, anyway). In those situations it is possible that the tulpa would try to lash out, but even then they would not be able to kill.
Which leads me to . . .
Bull Crap, the Second: Tulpas Will Take Over Your Body
No, they won't. Not without your permission. They can, and that is called possession (if the tulpa takes over parts of your body) or switching (if you and your tulpa switch places), but they will not do this randomly or if you are not ready. They may want to and ask if you would like to, but you are at perfect liberty to say no. Heck, even if you're too shy to say no they'll understand that you don't really want it and aren't likely to push you into it, with an exception perhaps being if they think it will be better for your confidence, or some such.
Bull Crap, the Third: Once You Get Started there's Somebody Following You Around
This one is possibly the one that I found creepiest when I first heard about tulpas. If you're falling into this then you probably imagine it to be like a "real person" that you would see in your everyday life that is following you from place to place. No. When a tulpa looks that real, that means that you've gone through months and months of imposition. Imposition is not bad (though for some is dreaded, but not mandatory) for you or your tulpa, but it won't happen within seconds, or minutes, or days. It, more than anything else, is the most likely to occur only when you have dedicated enough time to it.
Furthermore, it is pretty easy to ask your tulpa to leave you alone for a bit. They'll understand. While you're at work or school you could ask them to spend some time with you, or you can ask them to hang out in wonderland. Just for example, I normally read to James if I'm going to be doing that, but the other day I decided that I wanted to read alone and asked James to go to wonderland until I got finished and to meditate over everything I had said on a specific trait of his. When I asked him to come back, I was pleased to see that he had finished the trait himself. Pretty cool.
In short, no, your tulpa isn't going to be following you around . . . unless you want them to, or if you don't really care either way.
Bull Crap, the Fourth: People Who Say They Have Tulpas are Insane
No, we're not insane. We don't have schizophrenia or DID or any other mental disorder you can think of (and for anyone who does, they are a minority). Furthermore, you cannot give yourself a chemical imbalance of the brain. Not without a lot of drugs (and no, this isn't caused by drugs, either). If you were to start tulpamancing and realize that he/she/it is sentient, well, in the words of Luna Lovegood, you're just as sane as I am (and I'm just as sane as the rest of the world).
Bull Crap, the Fifth: This is Magic
No. No, we are not waving our wands or performing any ritual to create our tulpas. This is a psychological technique that allows you to create a separate consciousness from within your own mind.
(To be fair, I should mention that there are some people in the tulpa community that believe that tulpas are created by magic, but that theory isn't widely accepted and I'm all for the psychological reasons.)
Bull Crap, the Sixth: Tulpas Are Just a Replacement for Friends
No! In fact, a tulpa is much more likely to encourage you to interact with your existing friends or for you to get out and meet new people than they are to want you only to themselves. They aren't selfish (unless you created them that way or they deviated that way, and even then . . .) and most often want what is best for you. They care about you, and not having any friends is not a healthy way to live.
I am not saying that your tulpa cannot be your friend, or even your best friend, but they should not be your sole friend, if you can help it at all.
Bull Crap, the Seventh: Tulpas Can't Do Anything for You, So What's the Point?
I don't understand why someone would think this.
A tulpa can know everything about you, and will if you don't tell them not to go snooping around your subconscious. As the person who knows you the best and understands why you feel everything that you do, then how could they ever be unable to help you? That's just not logical.
I've heard stories of tulpas helping to get rid of mental hindrances such as depression and general sadness and to even take away physical pain, to an extent. Tulpas have been known to support their creators when they need it most (and even when they don't), encourage them to do the best and be better than what they are, open up whole new realms of possibilities . . . honestly, so much is possible that it would be asking a lot of me to mark it all down in one paragraph--or even just one post.
Tulpas are highly beneficial. Just remember that.
Bull Crap, the Eighth: Tulpas Aren't Real.
Go ahead. See for yourself. Then, when you're done, you can tell me whether or not they're real.
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