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What does the Fear of Being Alone trait do in The Sims 4?

Fear of Being Alone trait

Fear of Being Alone is a fear trait from Lovestruck, for Teen to Elder Sims. Its strongest own moodlet is Looming Anxiety (Tense +2, 4 hours). Friendship losses ×1.2. Cheat: traits.equip_trait trait_Fear_BeingAlone.

Fear of Being Alone is a Fear trait in The Sims 4 Lovestruck pack. It applies to human Sims who are Teens, Young Adults, Adults, or Elders. Sims with this trait experience faster friendship and romance losses.

This trait adds the Looming Anxiety moodlet. The tests for the Beg For Validation interaction also check for this trait. You can add or remove it at any time using a cheat code in Live mode.

  • FearLovestruck
  • Teen to ElderAges
  • 1Moodlets of its own

Fear of Being Alone moodlets

Weight is how hard a moodlet pulls toward its emotion. Times are in Sim minutes and hours.
MoodletEmotionWeightLasts
Looming AnxietyTense24 hours

See every moodlet with its weight and length in the Sims 4 moodlets list.

Hidden effects

The trait carries hidden effects. Multipliers stack: two ×1.2 effects make ×1.44.

  • Friendship losses ×1.2
  • Romance losses ×1.3

What the Fear of Being Alone trait unlocks

1 interactions test for this trait, among them: Beg For Validation.

Fear of Being Alone cheat

Open the cheat console with Ctrl + Shift + C and type the line. It works without testingcheats. It gives the trait to the Sim you control (how traits.equip_trait works).

  • traits.equip_trait trait_Fear_BeingAlone
  • traits.remove_trait trait_Fear_BeingAlone

Moodlets, relationship multipliers, and interactions

This trait gives your Sim 1 moodlet called Looming Anxiety. It adds a Tense emotion with a weight of 2. This moodlet lasts for 4 hours, or 240 Sim minutes, and pulls your Sim toward a Tense mood.

Your Sim also gets hidden multipliers that affect relationships. Friendship losses multiply by 1.2, and romance losses multiply by 1.3. These hidden numbers multiply together with other effects in the game.

In addition, 1 interaction checks for the Fear of Being Alone trait. The tests for Beg For Validation ask for this trait, sometimes among other traits. This trait does not give any career pay bonuses or replace other moodlets.

Eligible Sims, trait conflicts, and cheats

Only human Sims can have the Fear of Being Alone trait. They must be in the Teen, Young Adult, Adult, or Elder age groups. It does not conflict with any other traits in the game.

No interactions give this trait directly, so you can use the cheat console in Live mode. Press Ctrl + Shift + C on PC or Cmd + Shift + C on Mac to open the box. You do not need to enable testing cheats first.

Type traits.equip_trait trait_Fear_BeingAlone to add the trait to your active Sim. If you want to delete it, type traits.remove_trait trait_Fear_BeingAlone instead.

Questions

How do you remove the Fear of Being Alone trait in The Sims 4?

Open the cheat console in Live mode and type traits.remove_trait trait_Fear_BeingAlone. You do not need to turn on testing cheats to use this command.

What does the Fear of Being Alone trait do?

It multiplies friendship losses by 1.2 and romance losses by 1.3. It also gives the Tense moodlet called Looming Anxiety, and the Beg For Validation interaction tests for it.

Which pack has the Fear of Being Alone trait?

This Fear trait comes with the Lovestruck pack.

How long does the Looming Anxiety moodlet last?

The Looming Anxiety moodlet gives a +2 Tense boost and lasts for 4 hours, which is 240 Sim minutes.

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