When thinking to yourself (talking to yourself in your head) what name do you use to refer to yourself?

When thinking to yourself (talking to yourself in your head) what name do you use to refer to yourself?
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Depends on the context. Regular, boring, working me is Alyson. Fun me is Uasal, which is a name I chose for myself in the context of a LARP/historical thingie I do sometimes.
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