hows this for a file idea "Harvey"

[vorebunny]

for those old enough you know about Harvey
Harvey was the 6ft tall anthropomorphic rabbit companion of James Stewart in the movie Harvey
only he could see and hear him and no one else could

this file will give you a constant companion
such as Harvey was to James Stewart in Harvey
but unlike in Harvey
your companion will know not to try and have a conversation with you in public or when your around others

it doesn't necessarily need to be a rabbit either just a companion of any species human, animal or otherwise
but of course i would want the rabbit :P

and your companion will leave you alone when you want to be left alone
could even have a trigger like "summon harvey" to have your companion appear to you and "goodbye harvey" to put him or her away
etc etc

just some thoughts
would something like this even be possible ?

[sarnoga]

[Realm]

I've recently taken to lurking the paranormal board on a site called 4chan. You can occasionally find some interesting discussions on lucid dreaming and the like. People post a lot of stories on there, and one that I just read a couple of hours ago involved the protagonist creating a 'double' of himself inside his own mind to converse and interact with. Perfectly harmless at first, but over time this double exerted more control and exuded more malice.

Purely fanciful of course, although it did get me thinking about exactly the kind of thing you are suggesting. This character would have to be a product of the unconscious mind essentially, which as I've also just been reading (studying Freud as well) is the reservoire of all our unsatisfied animal desires. I'm probably just talking out the paranoia that a night reading creepy stories tends to induce, but I would consider the nature of such an hallucination and the control or lack thereof that the person in question has over it.

Personally though I think it's a pretty cool idea and I'd be prepared to risk it. I talk to myself inside my head as though there's someone else there already.

[vorebunny]

the only problem i do see hear would be that fact
that im basically asking for a file that induces
a form of hallucinatory schizophrenia

not something to create a Tulpa which i believe darko's "companion" was

then again i could see it being a problume.
some ware in the subconscious most people find something they dont like about them selves
and i could see that potentially surface as a problem with the "companion"

but that is the primary reason for the trigger suggestion so you can shut it off if something goes wrong

my point is ever since the first time i saw that movie i wanted a friend like Harvey but unless Púca's want to be found by you let alone exist
this would have to be the next best thing

granted i am very aware of some of the potential inherit dangers of having a mental doppelganger
it would suck to have all the darker qualities of one's self come out as its own being

o well it was just a random thought any ways
thought it worth suggesting

[dottie]

[vorebunny]

[BobbyS]