Sims life experiences can shape and affect and be affected by their self-esteem. A sim's self-esteem will determine how they react to life's ups and downs as well as affect their emotional and physical and mental wellbeing.

Sick of Being Sick: Why can't I be normal? Dealing with anxiety every day is sometimes enough to make your Sim cry! 30% chance of appearing, +3 Sad, 4hrsįeeling Calm: The anxiety has subsided.Sims will now have a new invisible motive for self-esteem and self-image. Always appears after a panic attack, +5 Dazed, 4hrs Panic Attack!: It's too much! Your Sim has been overcome with their anxiety and is having a panic attack! 15% chance of appearing, +8 Tense, 4hrs

Your Sim can't stop running everything over and over in their mind. Sims with GAD often feel misunderstood, so it is harder for them to build relationships.įeeling Anxious: Your Sim is feeling anxious, like something might go wrong at any moment. Teens with the trait have a harder time succeeding in school, and succeeding in the Retail career. It is easier for them to succeed in other jobs, though: Painter and Tech Guru. Since it is hard to balance anxiety with logic, the Logic skill is harder to build.Īnxious Sims find it harder to succeed in 'high-stress' or 'high-risk' jobs: Astronaut, Business, Secret Agent, Doctor (Get to Work), and Politics (City Living). If you have Spa Day, the Wellness skill is built faster, as meditation and yoga are common coping skills. The Video gaming skill also increases faster. Hunger and Social decrease slower.Ĭreative skills, especially musical skills, are built faster, as they are common coping mechanisms for people who suffer from this disorder. īladder, Hygiene, Fun, and Energy decrease at a faster rate. This excessive worry often interferes with daily functioning, as individuals with GAD typically anticipate disaster, and are overly concerned about everyday matters such as health issues, money, death, family problems, friendship problems, interpersonal relationship problems, or work difficulties. Generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) is an anxiety disorder characterized by excessive, uncontrollable and often irrational worry, that is, apprehensive expectation about events or activities.

The below is copy and pasted from Sklyinn's post because I couldn't write a better summary or the trait. I kept everything the same except for some icons and I reworded some stuff. I have GAD and was sad that Sklyinn won't be updating the trait or playing Sims anymore. I have the newest game version and it work fine in my game

Sims 4 custom trait anorexia