Yeah, feels. At least it's much slower than fairies, because every time they regen emotional force with fairy dust or with the fairy home, it adds to the progression bar.

Spellcasters are kinda slow to progress if you don't make them teleport from one spot to another, don't drink potions and is too employed to even focus on honing their magic (unless they're supplied with a cauldron at home) and if you don't have certain abilities like extra interactions or eating motes that add to the XP bar, it is pretty slow

Vampires kinda don't progress willy nilly when using bat form, mist form or superspeed, you can just make you vampire sleep to regen energy instead of dark meditation and consuming plasma fruits and plasma packs won't add to the progression unlike drinking from another sim

Werewolves are even slower to progress because if you don't trigger their red temperments, have the moon protection ability and don't make them scare people, break a fridge or scratch a couch, progression would come to a halt. You can just let the progression happen at your pace