Any of my fellow #streamer peeps get this thing where you’ve been all extrovert on camera and then in the subsequent hours revert to a Gollum-like state, recoiling from daylight and sentient beings?

@operationpuppet I feel seen.

I used to teach, and after a couple hours in front of students doing the knowledge dance, all I wanted to do was hibernate.

It’s… exhausting being “on”. I have to rev up to do my streams, and while I never regret doing it, it does sorta wipe me out for while. I can’t imagine livestreaming for more than three hours at a time—that’s my max. And only a couple days a week.

But it is a sort of “happy place” that I have come to cherish and protect vehemently. I get out of sorts when conflicting schedules prevent me from streaming sometimes.

Turning on and off the extrovert/introvert switch is a thing. Yes. You’re not alone. I am right. there. with. you.

@operationpuppet@mastodon.content.town

Yeah... something I experience every time. But in my case I am not really often on cam. I use to have an avatar (experimenting with VTube stuff).

And even my chat is empty most of the time I feel kind of burned out for a short while after streaming. I guess it's the inner tension or something like that.