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

Fear of Being Cheated On trait

Fear of Being Cheated On is a fear trait from the base game, for Teen to Elder Sims. Its strongest own moodlet is Looming Anxiety (Tense +2, 4 hours). Friendship losses ×2. Cheat: traits.equip_trait trait_Fear_BeingCheatedOn.

Fear of Being Cheated On is a base game fear trait in The Sims 4. It applies to human Sims who are Teens, Young Adults, Adults, or Elders. A Sim with this trait worries about romance and loses relationship points faster.

You get this trait through gameplay when your Sim uses the Be Jealous interaction. You can also add or remove it right away using the cheat console.

  • FearBase game
  • Teen to ElderAges
  • 1Moodlets of its own

Fear of Being Cheated On 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 ×2
  • Romance losses ×2

What the Fear of Being Cheated On trait unlocks

Interactions that can give the trait: Be Jealous.

Fear of Being Cheated On 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_BeingCheatedOn
  • traits.remove_trait trait_Fear_BeingCheatedOn

How the fear changes relationships and moodlets

This fear adds hidden multipliers that hurt your Sim's social life. Both friendship losses and romance losses multiply by 2. One bad conversation damages a relationship twice as fast as usual.

The trait also gives 1 specific moodlet called Looming Anxiety. This moodlet gives a Tense emotion with a weight of 2, and it lasts 4 hours, or 240 Sim minutes. While active, it pulls your Sim toward a Tense mood.

Who gets the fear and how to cheat

Only human Sims from the Teen to Elder ages can have this fear. It does not conflict with other traits in the game, and it replaces no standard moodlets. A Sim develops it from the Be Jealous interaction, so jealous playstyles trigger it.

You can add or remove the trait in Live mode. Open the cheat console with Ctrl + Shift + C on PC, or Cmd + Shift + C on Mac. Type traits.equip_trait trait_Fear_BeingCheatedOn to add it, or traits.remove_trait trait_Fear_BeingCheatedOn to clear it.

Questions

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

Open the cheat console in Live mode and type traits.remove_trait trait_Fear_BeingCheatedOn. You do not need to turn on testing cheats first.

What causes the Fear of Being Cheated On trait?

A Sim can get this fear from the Be Jealous interaction. You can also equip it manually with a cheat.

What does the Fear of Being Cheated On do to relationships?

It multiplies both friendship losses and romance losses by 2. It also gives the Looming Anxiety moodlet, which makes your Sim Tense for 4 hours.

Which Sims can get the Fear of Being Cheated On?

Human Sims who are Teens, Young Adults, Adults, or Elders can get this trait. It is part of the base game.

Other fear traits