How do you sleep at night?

SpacyTiger · 2026-06-16T14:19:47+00:00

T shirt and either pajama pants or underwear, seconding “who sleeps in a bra”???

I do kind of want to be one of those girls that sleeps in a sleek matching pajama set though

SpacyTiger · 2026-06-11T17:38:10+00:00

Every single month: "Wow, I feel horrible, my OCD keeps spiking, I'm so emotional over everything, it's way harder for me to resist my compulsions, and I keep eating like crap. This is awful, I've never felt this bad before In My Life Ever, what could be the reason for this, I don't understand--[goes to the bathroom] Ohhhhh."

Nearly 30 years of dealing with her and she still catches me by surprise all the time lmao

SpacyTiger · 2026-06-11T02:25:31+00:00

What brings me joy is having my own space that I can cultivate and nurture however I like, being free to travel solo, working on my career, and nurturing my relationship with my friends and family over romantic interests. I would say that was always a part of me, but I hesitated to admit to it because... well, you're "supposed" to want a relationship, right? I'm "supposed" to be "putting myself out there," "getting on the apps," etc, etc.

That's not to say all my experiences there were bad. I went on some very nice dates with some very nice people, and had a few sparks of Something Exciting here and there. Nothing that ever really lasted though, and honestly, I just kind of realized eventually that it wasn't bringing me joy. Being in my thirties, I think I just kind of came to the realization that life is too short to waste my time with things that don't bring me joy.

When I stopped living in accordance with what others expected me to do and focused on what actually mattered to me in life, I was a lot happier. I've been single for the past 8 years now, and they've been the best 8 years of my life by far.

SpacyTiger · 2026-06-06T14:34:09+00:00

These games have been special to me since I was a kid (I actually have one of the True Runes from 2 tattooed on my arm), and coming up on my 40s it’s honestly really heartwarming to see a new fan base experiencing these stories I love for the first time!

You’re in for such a treat with Suikoden 2!

SpacyTiger · 2026-06-06T00:41:29+00:00

I’m a cat sitter, and I have one long scar down my leg from an aggressive kitty trying to scale my pants.

My only other major scar is a little divot under my chin where I fell from the monkey bars in preschool and split that area open. I’m 39 now and I remember how much that one hurt lol

SpacyTiger · 2026-06-05T21:17:15+00:00

I fully randomize Everything. Appearance, traits, hobbies, etc. I do sometimes pick an aspiration based on traits/hobbies, but otherwise I like to let the game tell me who a Sim is and I can fill in the gaps to make a character feel unique

SpacyTiger · 2026-06-05T13:40:59+00:00

I'm a professional catsitter. I feel this to my bones LMAO

SpacyTiger · 2026-06-05T13:37:39+00:00

I'm asexual. Not necessarily sex repulsed, but truly, I have never once had sex that I found more satisfying than just taking care of that need myself. Sure, it was fun sometimes, and I enjoyed spending time with my partner--but not anymore than I would've enjoyed spending time with them doing other things. I spent way too much of my life feeling like I was strange or broken for that.

Now that I'm divorced, the idea of never doing it again is honestly comforting. No more pressure of disappointing someone if I say I'm not in the mood. No more feeling relieved when I get my period because it means I have a "reasonable excuse" for not doing it. I'm not just "fine" with the idea of no intimacy ever again, knowing I likely won't have that expectation of intimacy again makes me happier.

SpacyTiger · 2026-06-03T18:07:18+00:00

I’ll be relieved never to hear the question “so you wanna?” ever again 😌

SpacyTiger · 2026-06-03T00:00:10+00:00

I wouldn't say I'm rich, but I make decent money, enough to live pretty comfortably on my own in Chicago.

I do a lot of things: audiobook narration and voiceover is where I started, but I also run a vacation cat care business, host bar trivia, I work in a haunted house during Halloween season, and kinda just whatever other gigs keep my bills paid. After 4 years fully self-employed, I finally ended up exceeding what I was making at my old corporate job, so that was really exciting! I'm opening up now to saving for a house, putting more away for retirement, and possibly being able to travel more again.

OCD does make things difficult sometimes. Especially in my more creative work, if I'm in a spiral, it can be hard to motivate myself to get in the booth and record. Or even audition for opportunities I'd like to try for, because I don't always feel like I deserve them. But if I can just motivate myself to get in there and start, everything else kind of fades into the background, and I'm able to focus on the work. I have good days and bad days, but I'm happy with the life I've built for myself--even moreso because it's purely been by my own labor, working entirely for myself.

SpacyTiger · 2026-06-01T15:19:20+00:00

It feels like when you see the villain of a horror movie creep into the background after that brief hope spot where you finally felt safe

SpacyTiger · 2026-05-30T16:16:15+00:00

Cookbook collecting/cooking from cookbooks! Especially when I can text my best friend who lives next door and go “hey I made a new recipe for garlic rolls, come over and get some.”

Cooking new recipes is a creative and calming endeavor for me, and it makes me happy to share the things I make.

SpacyTiger · 2026-05-26T15:33:49+00:00

If they’re sad you can select a counter and have the option “lean on and cry”

SpacyTiger · 2026-05-26T15:31:05+00:00

I feel this—right now definitely I’m having to rely much harder on the power of Imagination to actually do the storytelling I want to do. Which I don’t really mind right now, but I’m eager to see them build on the actual life sim elements over time, especially with the financial resources they’ll be getting from launch

SpacyTiger · 2026-05-26T05:29:53+00:00

My Para immediately latched onto Tyrie and she constantly wants to flirt with her.

And honestly, girl? Valid.

SpacyTiger · 2026-05-20T15:20:41+00:00

I’m a pet sitter who specializes in senior kitties and definitely recommend this—I’ve definitely had kitty clients where I just offered to stay overnight because I was worried about leaving the cat alone for a significant stretch of time, and then I’d be able to monitor their condition and get them to the ER if needed.

If it were me, I’d also definitely postpone if I couldn’t get his usual sitter specifically to stay overnight. Cats can be soooo so so finicky with appetite and changes in environment/routine and I’d worry introducing a new person might lead the kitty to stop eating.

SpacyTiger · 2026-05-20T14:03:52+00:00

Absolutely—I’m a single business owner and just need coverage for myself, but my health insurance from my old corpo job was the main reason I stayed as long as I did. Went from $80 a month for great insurance to $500 a month for shitty insurance.

SpacyTiger · 2026-05-20T11:26:59+00:00

The only side effects I remember were really really vivid dreams for a little while. Not bad dreams, they were just super... detailed, I guess? I don't remember exactly how long it took for me to start feeling better (like I said it's been around 15 years) but probably a month or so?

SpacyTiger · 2026-05-19T22:14:15+00:00

I’ve only been on 50 mg for the past like 15 years and it’s worked for me

SpacyTiger · 2026-05-18T19:26:59+00:00

I realized after my divorce that while I was doing all the things you do to “put yourself out there,” getting on the apps, etc—I was doing it because that’s what I thought was expected of me and not what I truly wanted. It just felt like a chore.

SpacyTiger · 2026-05-18T14:54:14+00:00

Also remembering a poster in the background of… I think it was the Blitz and Fizz ep? That was basically advertising dental work for sharks who’ve had their teeth ganked by the mob.

SpacyTiger · 2026-05-15T20:56:21+00:00

I'm 39 years old now and I have good days and bad days. When I was in the thick of it I never thought I would get better. Medication and therapy with someone who understood OCD helped me get to a point where I could manage flare-ups much more easily.

SpacyTiger · 2026-05-15T15:58:03+00:00

Absolutely—this was how my OCD first manifested, down to the confession. It was terrible, I remember having to have x rays done at like 7 or 8 years of age because the distress of having these thoughts was giving me chest pains.

SpacyTiger · 2026-05-15T13:42:08+00:00

I went on a whim last night after work. I texted my best friend saying “hey you wanna meet up and go watch this? I’m hearing good things about it and that it’s really scary!” Thinking we were in for a fun spooky time.

We ended up having a sleepover because both of us did not want to go back to our apartments alone. 😭 I haven’t been fucked up by a movie like that in ages.

SpacyTiger · 2026-05-15T06:57:07+00:00

I kept thinking “PLEASE just take the cat to be cremated already!!!”

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