Do you play as your Simself?

This is the only gameplay style I can play. I’ve played my simself since 2000. My simself has all my traits, looks like me and lives the life I want to live. I don’t make any family member just me and never built my own house I live in. In my game I’m playing 3rd generation and the 4th are currently babies/toddlers/kids. I’ve tried playing other gameplay styles/challenges and don’t have the emotional investment in the game. Up until I joined this forum I thought simself gameplay was normal as everyone I’ve known who has played any version of the sims has only played their simself.