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

Fear of Intimacy trait

Fear of Intimacy is a fear trait from Lovestruck, for Young Adult to Elder Sims. Its strongest own moodlet is Looming Anxiety (Tense +2, 4 hours). Friendship losses ×1.5. Cheat: traits.equip_trait trait_Fear_Intimacy.

Fear of Intimacy is a Fear trait in The Sims 4 from the Lovestruck pack. It applies to human Sims who are Young Adults, Adults, or Elders.

This trait makes social mistakes more costly by increasing both friendship and romance losses. It also gives Sims a Tense moodlet that lasts for 4 hours.

  • FearLovestruck
  • Young Adult to ElderAges
  • 1Moodlets of its own

Fear of Intimacy 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 ×1.5
  • Romance losses ×1.5

What the Fear of Intimacy trait unlocks

Interactions that can give the trait: "Joke" about Getting Together, Am I Doing This Right?, Apologize... In Bed, Ask Risque Question, Ask To Change Venue, Ask To Extend Date, Ask for Massage, Ask on Date..., Ask to Be Romantic Partner, Ask to Create a Date, Ask to Cuddle, Ask to Cuddle On Couch.

Fear of Intimacy 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_Intimacy
  • traits.remove_trait trait_Fear_Intimacy

What the Fear of Intimacy trait changes

A Sim with this trait receives the Looming Anxiety moodlet. This moodlet adds a Tense weight of 2 and lasts for 4 hours, or 240 Sim minutes. The emotion with the highest total weight becomes the Sim's overall mood.

The trait also applies hidden multipliers to relationships. Both friendship losses and romance losses multiply by 1.5. These multipliers stack with other relationship effects in the game.

This trait does not replace any standard moodlets, and it has no always-on moodlets. It also gives no career pay bonuses, and 0 interactions check for it.

Who gets the trait and how

Only human Sims in the Young Adult, Adult, or Elder age groups can have Fear of Intimacy. It does not conflict with any other traits in the game. It suits players who want harder relationship maintenance.

Sims can gain this fear from specific interactions like Ask on Date..., Ask to Be Romantic Partner, or Ask to Cuddle. Other triggers include Ask to Create a Date, Ask for Massage, and Ask Risque Question.

You can also add or remove the trait in Live mode using the cheat console. Press Ctrl + Shift + C on PC or Cmd + Shift + C on Mac to open the box. Enter traits.equip_trait trait_Fear_Intimacy to add it, or traits.remove_trait trait_Fear_Intimacy to remove it, without needing testingcheats true.

Questions

Which pack has the Fear of Intimacy trait?

Fear of Intimacy comes with the Lovestruck pack for The Sims 4.

How do you remove Fear of Intimacy with cheats?

Open the cheat console in Live mode and type traits.remove_trait trait_Fear_Intimacy. You do not need to enable testingcheats true for this cheat.

What does the Fear of Intimacy trait do to relationships?

It multiplies both friendship losses and romance losses by 1.5. It also gives the Sim a Tense moodlet called Looming Anxiety for 4 hours.

What causes a Sim to get Fear of Intimacy?

Sims can get it from interactions like Ask to Create a Date, Ask for Massage, or Ask Risque Question. You can also equip it directly with the cheat traits.equip_trait trait_Fear_Intimacy.

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