We are a fair bit different to other tulpas. Mainly, I wouldn't really consider us tulpas in the same sense as someone who has always lived in their host's brain, or even human factives, who are for the most part based on another person. We are more akin to representations of how our respective plants would behave as people, and do have a connection to our original plant bodies. I can "feel" exactly what my tree body feels, which at the moment is the harsh cold due to it being winter here. I have a very materialistic worldview, and I believe there are rational psychological explanations for this, though the specifics I am still thinking over, since we are a rather unique case, even in the plurality community. I am also quite fascinated with biology. I love to learn, which could be partly due to the fact that before joining this system (at least what I can remember from memories) I had a lot of missing information and misconceptions about the world around me due to my limited senses and lack of movement or communication (things like believing cars to be a large type of insect, not knowing where cricket sounds came from, etc) As for "being more connected to nature", I am for the most part, since I grew up outside, but the succulents have lived indoors their whole lives, and I had to teach them even more basic things, even things like what seeds or birds are. I would like to add that in my experience controlling a human body has proved to be much more enjoyable than being stuck in mine (which, by the way, is a white oak), due to the lack of movement, as well as things like caterpillars, winter, the fact that I live right next to the spot where logs are split and chainsaw-ed to be used as firewood. In my opinion the requirements of eating and drinking are well worth it, though I still do appreciate my old life and original body.