The Sims 4 is actually terrifying and I'm being really brave about it 

"im not aquainted with people that own pools" is an absolute mood

my question is who would ever wanna skip these intros

“Silence, Jessica. Just silence.” *Literally not even 10 seconds later* “ACTUALLY-“ What a mood lmao love ya Jesse

Your chair has that turning-while-paused bug

Neurodivergent over-exercising to the point you hurt yourself is too real! When I was going through a jogging phase I completely forgot my EDS so I fucked up my knees D:

Something i have found having a toddler with autism, jumping and the fact that you love it is a Stim. I don't stop my baby from doing but I do supervise him. And the overdoing it thing is another thing I see a lot of people with Autism do. I said that just to say, girl, you are normal. Lol. It's fine, I love seeing you embrace it because there's nothing wrong with you, you just experience things in a different way . ♥️♥️♥️♥️

I'm so glad you found the rare overlap between 'things that are good for health' and 'things that are genuinely enjoyable' with Just Dance!! Hopefully your ankles feel better soon, but in the meantime you could try bouncing on an exercise ball. It's not the same but might still scratch the itch 💖

Every time Jesse talks I feel a kinship to her. "It's not a modesty thing, I just really don't like feeling the elements on my skin" YEAH ME TOO BABE!!

The jumping might actually be an autism thing! I learned that jumping is good for deep pressure which is calming ❤

my grandparents on my stepdad's side built their own house in the like 70's and they built themselves an indoor pool. unfortunately they stopped using it long long before I was born so I never got to swim in it and I only ever saw it as this gigantic, filthy dusty concrete room with a huge pit (but my mom says they never had heating in the pool so it was always freezing cold, so it wasn't a great experience when it was in action back in the day) they mainly used that room for storage, and when they would watch me as a kid it would be one of my favorite rooms to play in. my favorite thing to do was get a storage tub lid and use it to sled down the slope where the shallow end got deep.

I personally feel like if you have a pool, inside or out, you've definitley made it in life. Not everyone can have these luxuries

my mental health is really bad atm & watching my fav youtuber talk abt one of special interests really helped make my day thanks so much hen

I would love to see jesse complete all the career paths 🥰

“It’s not that I dislike wellness, I’m just not there.” Yes 😂❤

As someone who fractured my ankle as a kid and still has issues due to it... I REALLY appreciate the "ankles suck" content of this 😂😂❤️❤️

I don't know that I've ever loved just jumping, but a few months ago I was on a trampoline and was so happy that I started crying (that's 'tism, babe). I recommend a small trampoline that you can keep inside because it makes jumping so much more fun and it is much easier on your joints.

Jessie I completely feel you, I started exercising again for my mental health and took it too far and hurt my knee hahaha, ended up getting a cat to help with the endorphins

“It’s not a working theory it’s just a thought that came to my head and I thought “yeah”” resonated with me more than you know 😂😂

Cackling about your sister not bringing you a surprise from the store lol my husband does that to me all the time, and you’re so right, after the first time it’s gotta be on purpose 😂😂

Babes, I feel you, got really into running a few months back and my autizzy latched on - so yeah I went too hard and had an autoimmune flare for like 4 months 😭

I love watching these rambling type of videos because it’s literally just like my internal monologue 😂

Jesse, swimming is really gentle on your muscles so if you're going from no exercise to starting, its a good thing to incorporate

i actually really love your intros like the longer the better!

The gym story is so valid... for almost a year around 2015 I would wake up every day and do this one Jillian Michaels workout I'd found on a sketchy streaming website. I was stronger and happier and prouder than any other point in my life! But then that video got removed from that site and I just couldn't make myself do any other workout... I found it on DVD a couple years ago but tbh the moment passed I guess

Wait, I’m not the only one that only wears the trousers from my pyjama sets? 😂

“The only thing I’ve got time for is endorphins and me!” I FEEL this!!

Yoga mats don't take up that much space. You grabbed an instructor's mat. It's big because that is the size of the class that they will teach. Although you have to put regular yoga mats within that grid for the participants of the class to use. Edit: I commented too fast. You figured it out

she's a Rasputin girly? slay.

I'm really struggling with health right now and this video could distract me from it for a little while. Thanks for being you

ComicCon tip for the ankles! Get a doctor's note and contact them beforehand for a disability pass. It differs between cons (venues especially) but you can get an elevator pass, sit while waiting in line, use a path without stairs or shortcuts. And, if you can afford - rent a wheelchair for during the convention. It's okay to take it easy when you're hurt.

The floating umbrella that Declan was confused by. 😂😂

It stressed me out so much when people say "waitlist for therapy" - it shouldn't be that way 😠

I think you're right about ADHD and Autism, I heard some psychologist talking about how we would be more of the hunter types and more but I cannot remember the exact wording

The ending came while I was washing my hair and legit thought that it was Plumbella declaring her/their retirement

If you like floating on your back in the pool you might like sensory deprivation float tanks. I got it as a birthday present a few years ago and an hour of no sensory input other than bouncing off the walls of the tank is legit the best thing I've ever tried in my life.

What you're going through right now reminds me of my own situation - I wasn't used to a lot of exercise and I got a new job that required a lot of movement and physical activity and I loved it. And I pushed myself a lot because I enjoyed it. And then I hurt my knee, and I'm 21 years old and have been on a leave from work for almost a month now. I miss my job, and I miss leaving the house. But I can't work, and even worse, I've been planning to go to an anime convention in May, not sure I'll be able to make the trip anymore... it really sucks. I hope you get better soon, and I'm really sorry you're going through the same thing !!

EDS experience of loving exercise and movement but then doing it ends up in injury is so relatable.

I’ve been pretty ill the past week - nothing major just a very persistent fever - and this videos really really made me smile and forget a lil bit about how sick I’ve been! Hope ur ankles get better soon Jesse ❤❤

Girl, I literally brushed my gums down to my roots because my anxiety makes me brush too hard. It’s the weirdest thing but having cold and sweet sensitivity in my early twenties is not the move. I swapped to a sonic air toothbrush which doesn’t require actual brushing, you just hold it over your teeth and it vibrates and does the work for you and it saved me from ruining my gums. Whatever you do, don’t research gum transplants unless you need motivation to stop brushing so hard😬

"I just want to lay in bed, play the Witcher hand have that make me feel okay" what a f*ing mood 😂

I feel for ya - I got a running injury (posterior tibial tendonitis) in fall 2021 in one ankle, ignored it and kept running but kinda babied the bad ankle, fucked up my other ankle, ended up on crutches, did rehab, did some hardcore training over summer 2022 when I wasn’t quite ready for it, and fucked up my knee because of the muscle imbalances caused by my ankle issues. Point being - please take care of yourself babes. Don’t try to “push through”. Better to take time off and heal fully than rush your recovery and then it snowballs into other injuries! 🫶🏼 But in the meantime, I highly recommend doing ankle stability stretches, once you’re able to move around more and only if your doctor okays it. Feel better hen!

as someone who busted her ankle by walking on the treadmill too much this whole video really spoke to me

I'm also an active Sim at heart but because of chronic pain and fatigue (probably caused by my autism), exercise is such a hit-and-miss for me... I personally love jogging and because I really have to limit myself in that regard, I make all of my Sims jog :") Often the first trait I buy in-game is Gym Rat so it gives them fun and then I just follow them on their jogs like an idiot. My Sim family is currently living in Copperdale which has a VERY FRUSTRATING jogging route that leads them straight into the lake??? They just keep running into the water -- it drives me nuts but it's also honestly just really funny.

I mean, I’ve heard it on TikTok, so it’s nothing scientific, but it made me think: What if neurodivergent people were hunters, not gatherers? It sounds so plausible! The anxiety? Sure, you’re always on edge if you could be chased by a predator at any moment. The sensitive senses? Sure your senses are heightened if you trained them to hear every noise, see better in the dark, smell traces of animals etc. The social awkwardness? Yeah, to coordinate a team of hunters you need crystal clear signs, not subtle communication. So dear autistic people, dear ad(h)d people and everyone else on the spectrums: We are hunters, these are our skills and powers.

looking for a treadmill at the gym just as u were saying “look at that jessica there is one free treadmill”… i feel like a sim😅

I added a pool below Movers & Shakers in Willow Creek, and yeah, swimming not counting as working out annoyed me too! EDIT: A few tricks I use in the athletic career: -Since you can study opponents on a TV, you can combine the working out which researching opponents with a TV near a treadmill for example -Since parties give a boost to the charisma skill, I have those early on to sort of cheat the charisma gains. A Gold dinner party or house party can add several levels in one go. I must admit I wish it wouldn't, it feels fairly cheesy, especially if you also do the taking photos of people to boost relationships! I prefer the Sims 3 thing where a party boosted the relationship with the people you invited, that feels much more sensible

I'm so glad it's not just my SecretLab chair that slowly turns itself.

I imagined that hen fountain making a puddle between those two deck chairs, making sims complain about it. lol

girl, i fucking love your chaotic energy. sometimes i watch vids on 1.5 speed and forget when i go to the next, and you came up in 1.5 at first, and you were talking so fast i couldnt understand you, i thought i was going nuts then i realized what was happening and i had to rewatch so i could understand what was going on. lmao.

i love when you say the intro is long and ask if we want to skip. im like yayyy an extra treat at the beginning of the video

I never skip the intros. Jessie is fun to listen to. It's like listening to a friend!

I feel so seen about buying pajama sets and only wearing the bottoms. I'm currently doing that right now

I'll be honest, I have been playing Ring Fit Adventures on my Switch as my daily dose of exercise, and I love it so much! It helps a lot that it's a genuinely well made game, and I've spent many a few hours just disecting why the UX is so smart lol. I have been eyeing the boxing games and Just Dance for quite a while now, I guess your video was the sign I should get the latter ASAP haha I always love watching you, well, being you in your videos, it feels like I can drop my own mask and take a breather from life, so thank you ♥︎

Jessies ankles were a paid actor.. ✨

"Look there's you! Hen hen hens!" That... that's a rooster

i heard a theory that adhd traits like hyer focus and bad interoception are possibly remnants from hunting.

3:30, on autism and 'the function' in early society: a fellow autistic homie of mine saw this tiktok from a person who grew up in an indigenous community where autistic folk are understood from birth to be a specific kind of healer and/or community member that requires training and also rituals to help with sensory overload and yeah i just think that the western conceptualisation of autism is so heavily dependant on 'purpose' being tied to 'neurotypical productivity' that it fails to see other ways of understanding who we are.

Psych student here (not qualified, but educated in the area) - YES we absolutely evolved with things like sensitivity to noise for adaptive reasons, so your family may well be descended from people living in an environment where this was a useful skill for survival. Sometimes we just retain characteristics that were once adaptive but have now become maladaptive for the present situation (we even do this within our own lives, not just through evolution). Any form of "mental illness" or neurodevelopmental "disorder" / neurodivergencies are just more extreme presentations of the spectrum of human characteristics. That's why everyone will find they relate to the symptoms of one or more official diagnoses, without necessarily being at clinical levels. Psychology has been shifting more and more towards the philosophy that something is not a disorder/illness unless it is significantly impacting your quality of life/impairing your ability to function. That is an essential criteria for many diagnoses, so that we aren't just diagnosing people for the sake of it - the purpose of a diagnosis is essential just a tool to guide us in optimal treatment and to assist in communicating your lived experience to others. BUT there is then also the whole topic of capitalism, because would some of these symptoms really impair our ability to function and quality of life if we weren't expected to function as a tool of capitalism? And are some diagnoses actually just a symptom of trying to survive under capitalism and a actually very normal reaction? Good psychology should always take context into account. ANYWAY very complex and interesting area for discussion and your instincts about that were are on point.

Drink every time Jesse mentions ankles, hurting ankles, her ankles or her hurting ankles..

i quit soccer over a year ago and have also been living a sort of sedentary lifestyle, but i'm rejoining a neighborhood team because i miss how good exercise makes me feel. i'm so sorry about your injury, but i'm so happy you're also rediscovering the joy of exercise! i'm definitely the type of person who does it purely for the endorphins. hope you feel better!🥰🥰

Enjoy your time at Preston Park, Jessie! I loved that place when we'd visit my grandparents in Teeside

This video made me have an epiphany - I loved the feeling of running as a kid (my asthmatic lungs hated it) so I always went too hard too fast and it screwed up my ankle. To this day i can rotate it a certain way and the joint pops/hurts really bad. I mean the realization that my neurodivergence is why my ankle is screwy doesn't change it - but at least i know why now, so thanks Jessie, you're a peach 💗

“i had to tell a bit of a lie there.. … … it was true at the time” 😂😂😂😂😂 i’ve been there girl

I’m glad I’m not the only one that buys pyjama sets and only wears the bottoms 🙏🏽

Omg, I've also just realized I love jumping and used that for exorcise. My joints are not happy about it!

editing Jessie calling out recording Jessie is the most Jessie thing ever ajdjkdakdsjdna

i just wanna say, i just watched your video on autism today, and thank you for being so open and vulnerable with your story. so much of it I could relate to, and, as someone who is exploring an autism diagnosis for myself, it was extremely validating. it also felt like it just came full circle for me because you mentioned the same dentist story when talking about taking things literally (same lmao). i appreciate your normalisation of autism and its endless varieties in humans. i hope you've been doing well lately!

Buying a matching pjs set to just wear the trousers really hit home, I say sat here wearing pj trousers from a primary matching set with absolutely no knowledge of the whereabouts of the top…

Megastar for Rasputin???!!! :O I don't think people realise how challenging that one is, 20 seconds in and I'm dying on the floor xD

Hypothetically I could be a jock as well. I love the feeling of calm while training. And how I feel afterwards. It's pure joy. HOWEVER my body is like: you were training? Nice, how about another angina that'll keep you from training? And then I get back into training and I twist my knee. After getting back into training AGAIN, I get covid and another angina. Then a severe cold. Shoulder pain, knees hurting. I constantly go back to 0 and now I'm frustrated and sick of it.

This video encouraged me to get out of bed and start swimming again, thanks!

I love how im on the same page with plumbella about exercise! I've just started to get back into it and begin to enjoy it and imho excited to feel healthier!

Okay but the thing is… I’ve been considering Just Dance for a good week or two now? I’ve been walking my dog for increasingly longer times and that’s been building the stamina and since I’ve been getting the exercise endorphins my brain goes “but Just Dance maybe?” I’m glad I got the PSA about moderation at the beginning lmao

Oh no, I too love Just Dance (2022 is the best IMO because of Unlimited) but I have to stop myself after 30-45 minutes, which is never all the songs I want to do, but that just leaves me the next day. ❤ I hope you recover quickly!

I exercise for the endorphins too, and am also an all or nothing type. I ride my bike for miles, just to get to a hiking spot, hike for hours, then bike home. I have joint problems, so after moving so much I'm barely able to move for the next three days, but it makes my brain feel almost normal, so I say it's worth it.

I’m on Zoloft which really helps but I NOTICE the difference when I don’t workout 3-4 times a week

13:32 "get back you bastard, I'll break your legs" - got me so good😂

6:26 jesse saying “I dont even know why I have two dinning chairs” hurts. Of course the other chair is for us!

girl that llama suit always scared me

My physiotherapist for my ankle has me walk in the treadmill with my good foot on the side where it doesn’t move. It’s soo weird. He’s trying to get me to change my walking style from toe walking to walking heel-toe. I’m like “I’m over 40 and autistic. This is not realistic in the time frame we have.”

The theory I've heard about the evolution of autism (and neurodiversity generally) is that it's basically really advantageous to have people who approach problems differently in your group. They are going to make connections or be able to really focus in on a specific thing that interests them, which benefits the group. Also, not all ND symptoms would have been as much of an issue as they are now, since the world was quieter, communities were very tight-knit, and work was more seasonal with plenty of rest periods. Overstimulation isnt as much of an issue when the most intense thing you'll ever hear is thunder.

"my favourite thing to do is buy a matching set of pajamas and only wear the trousers from it" called the fk out for what im doing literally right now. that is like. my whole wardrobe. if i'm in a home and im relaxing i WILL wear pjs. this is why if im visiting my family who live close by i won't bother changing my trousers they're staying on. i WILL be comfy and i WILL wear these soft soft trousers so much the fuzzy fabric will be so thin.

Mammy loves ya Baba xxx

When your chair also has the slow rotating glitch from the sims.

I only played let's dance as a young child at another families house. Now at 20 i finally got the game for my switch and i am really enjoy it. I hate going to the gym, so sport that i can enjoy and do at home is just very good for me.

I am also autistic and have a loud, over-think-y brain, and I find that the only way I can do anything resembling meditation is by blasting music that is busy enough to make it impossible to dwell on thoughts.

When we were first hanging out, my now-gf introduced me to Just ABBA Dance (it's just ABBA songs. It's awesome). It did contribute to me asking her out. Anyone who goes hard at Just Dance has joie de vivre. Sorry to hear you danced too hard! Been there! Take it slow, as hard as that can be. Maybe some core exercises can be your replacement?

You can’t swim, but you could still go into a pool and float you know just lay there in the water to relax. There are pools with ramps too so you can go even if you can’t walk.

I IMMEDIATELY recognized the background as Tusa in Just Dance😭😭

I do the same thing with TV. I'm not allowed to watch TV unless I'm on my stationary bike, elliptical, or rowing machine while I watch.

I love your videos! Just relating so much to your intro, I got excited about working out and I got an injury too. Hope you feel better soon!

5:37 is the most real thing I’ve heard in a while

4:59. Because same. I get matching pyjamas but most of them come with long sleeve tops. I can't regulate my body temperature so I rarely wear the top with it. You just find me wearing some random ass top from a different set.

Oh my god I did the same thing once back in the Wii days and really badly pulled a muscle and it was absolute agony lmao. Exercise does help, but what most people (generally neurotypical, let's be honest) don't get, is that first you have to be in a certain okay-ish (or as okay as you can get) headspace to start it. I keep going up and down with mine and it's deeply aggravating. JESSE MCNAMARTYR LOOOOOOOOOL.

no no, i actually love the little meditation, like how some people do hydration reminders.

the just dance obssession is real... i was 10 playing that thing for hours and to this day i know the pro what makes you beautiful dance by heart

Exercise foe 30 min a day. You will be in pain for AT LEAST 3 weeks - this is for everyone who goes from an inactive to an active lifestyle. As for you, wrap your ankles and when you’re done exercising, ice them for 15 min and then let them rest for 15. Do this a few times to help with swelling. Also please consult your doc as well. They will have more insight to your health. Just be careful and take it easy. With our personalities, it is very easy to get excited and go all out but the downside, we get bored just as quick. I’m rooting for you. I am actually waiting for the gym equipment to get here where I live because my personal goal is to get cut down on the meds I take because these side effects are nothing to play with.

i have also suspected myself of autism, and i just started jump roping randomly throughout the day bc i enjoyed the jumping sensation so much hahah

Omg I’m the SAME with watching tv with working out! In college I held tv shows hostage that I was “only allowed to watch at the gym” (it kinda worked??)

The tone shift in the intro had me waiting to hear “so I’ve pulled a muscle…in my chest”