Do you play as your Simself?

In games with custom avatars, I barely, if ever made myself (Miis might be the only exception but Miis are....ehhhhhh?), and for the Sims, I have never made my Simself nor will I ever. I just don't think of myself as an interesting person, I'm very self-conscious about myself, and I have even less desire to create like...my family members or something. I did consider making one of IRL friends as a Sim for a joke but ultimately, I just prefer playing and being as my goofy OCs but as Sims.

Besides, with the way I play the game? Yeah, I'd have to witness to all of this whatever that goes on, such as someone dying from a lightning strike. Again. I'm also likely to have my simself punched in the face several times because hey, one of my jerks does NOT discriminate.