Uncomfortable is an emotion available in The Sims 4. It occurs when Sims have low needs, eat spoiled food or drink, enter a room full of dirty or broken items, water puddles, trash, spoiled food or drink inside coffee, tea machines, grills and fridges, dirty counters or appliances and trash on the floor, wake up after a workout or sometimes when using cheap showers, beds, baths, or other cheap furniture/appliances. Most Sims also become uncomfortable after eating fruitcake. One more situation that Sims get uncomfortable are when they are exposed for a long time to a song genre that they dislike, this evolves to very angry if exposed for too much time.
The uncomfortable emotion is experienced by child Sims or older. Toddlers and infants who have low needs instead have an angry or sad emotion depending on their trait. This emotion can evolve into very uncomfortable if a Sim's needs are at a very low level or if a Sim accumulates several Uncomfortable moodlets at the same time.
Elder Sims who engage in strenuous activities (e.g. physical exercise or WooHoo) will become "Dangerously Tired" (Very Uncomfortable), which may lead to Death by overexertion if they continue to exert themselves.
Pregnant Sims become very uncomfortable when giving birth, and children can throw tantrums while uncomfortable, along when feeling tense.
Interactions and activities[]
Sims will only have a chance to use these interactions and do these activities while uncomfortable.
Interactions[]
- Complain about Problems (Social Interaction)
- Discuss Uncomfortable Mood [TS4:PH]
Activities[]
- Relieve In Discomfort (Private Journal) [TS4:PH]
- Take a Bath
- Take a Nap
- Go to Sleep
- Take a Shower
- Take a Bubble Bath
- Throw a Tantrum (Children, Teens and Sims with the Uncontrolled Emotions trait only) [TS4:PH
In addition to above activities, the following will help relieving Uncomfortable mood (also available to Sims that don't feel Uncomfortable at the moment):
- Wearing the Celestial Crystal Crown with mounted Quartz or Turquoise [TS4:GF]
Interactions with uncomfortable Sims[]
Sims will only have a chance to use these interactions with an uncomfortable Sim.
- Discuss Uncomfortable Mood
- Scoff in Discomfort (Children, Teens and Sims with the Insensitive trait only) [TS4:PH]
Supportive traits[]
These traits affect how often a Sim is uncomfortable.
- Foodie (Hobby Trait): Sims with this trait will become even more uncomfortable when eating poorly prepared food or drink.
- Lazy (Lifestyle Trait): Sims with this trait may become uncomfortable when exercising.
- Snob (Social Trait): Sims with this trait will become uncomfortable on nearby furnishings made from fabricated materials. [TS4:EL]
- Neat (Lifestyle Trait): Sims with this trait will be even more uncomfortable by being near messy things.
- Glutton (Lifestyle Trait): Sims with this trait will be even more uncomfortable when hungry.
- Jealous (Social Trait): Sims with this trait can easily get Jealous Pangs and become uncomfortable as a result.
- Grouch (Social Trait): Sims with this trait will become uncomfortable when surrounded with other Sims.
- Squeamish[TS4:OR] (Emotional Trait): Sims with this trait are easily made uncomfortable by dirty things.
- Unflirty[TS4:CL] (Emotional Trait): Sims with this trait will become uncomfortable after witnessing romance or failing a romance.
- Child of the ocean (Lifestyle Trait): Sims with this trait will become uncomfortable when eating a meal containing fish. [TS4:IL]
- Freegan[TS4:EL] (Lifestyle Trait): Sims with this trait will become uncomfortable when they are active on careers.
- Proper[TS4:SE] (Social Trait): Sims with this trait will become uncomfortable when quitting a career.
- High maintenance[TS4:SD] (Emotional Trait): Sims with this trait may become uncomfortable after using a toilet, sitting, or after using a facial mask.
- Generous[TS4:FR] (Social Trait): Sims with this trait will be uncomfortable when talking to Mean or Evil Sims.
Supportive events[]
These events may lead to an uncomfortable moodlet:
- Low needs: Bladder, Hunger, Energy & Hygiene
- Consuming the following:
- Poor quality meals
- Too many quick meals and/or desserts
- Spoiled food, leading to nausea
- Fruitcake (only Sims who hate fruitcake)
- Uncomfortable Magic Bean
- False Morel Mushrooms or Fireleaf Extract [TS4:OR]
- A Selvadoradian dish made by a Sim with low Selvadoradian culture skill [TS4:JA]
- Sabotaged grand meals [TS4:S]
- Potion of Nausea [TS4:ROM]
- Fizzy Suspicious juice (Beetle Nuggets, Carrot, Mushroom, Potato, Tomato, Spinach, Avocado[TS4:JA], False Morel Mushroom[TS4:OR], or Kava Root[TS4:IL]) [TS4:EL]
- Fizzy Plasma juice (Plasma Fruit[TS4:V]) while not being a Vampire [TS4:EL]
- Mayonnaise (Sims with the hidden Hates Mayo trait only) [TS4:CLV]
- Spicy Mushroom [TS4:CLV]
- Using a cheap refrigerator when cooking
- Sleeping on a cheap bed
- Sitting on a cheap desk chair
- Using a cheap shower or bath tub
- Using a public restroom
- Being eaten and spit out by a cowplant (will result in death by cowplant if they are eaten again)
- Being near infants and toddlers with dirty diapers
- Being soaked after giving a bath to an infant, toddler, or pet
- Strenuous activity after working out or WooHooing (Dangerously Tired moodlet, elders only; will result in death by overexertion if performing one of the strenuous activities)
- Being on a crowded lot while having a Fear of Crowded Places
- Suffering from various illnesses [TS4:GTW]
- Performing a search on every prisoner in the detective career [TS4:GTW]
- Having been burned by bonfires [TS4:GT][TS4:IL][TS4:WW]
- Using "party bushes" as a toilet or taking a nap [TS4:GT][TS4:JA][TS4:SE][TS4:WW]
- Stepping on dog poop [TS4:C&D]
- Being near a pet sprayed by a skunk [TS4:C&D]
- Clearing out vines using hands (Sims with low Gardening skill have a higher likelihood of becoming uncomfortable) [TS4:JA]
- Suffering from the Transmissible Rodent Disease (first and second stage only, the final stage will become dazed) [TS4:MFPS]
- Suffering from CelebuSerum withdrawal [TS4:GF]
- Suffering the side effect of drinking a Potion of Forced Friendship [TS4:ROM]
- Experiencing magical overload (Spellcasters only; will result in death by Spellcaster Overload if the Spellcaster Charge is at Overcharged state) [TS4:ROM]
- Anticipating the final exam (may also get tense in some circumstances) [TS4:DU]
- Failing to override a supply crate [TS4:JTB]
- Failing to slice the control panel, causing system overload (Sims with low Programming skill are more likely to fail) [TS4:JTB]
- Injuring self (such as being crushed by a vending machine, injured from snowboarding [TS4:SE], skiing [TS4:SE] or rock climbing [TS4:SE], and from after school activity events [TS4:HSY])
- Planting a Stink Capsule that backfires (Self-Stinked moodlet; will result in death by stink capsule if attempting to plant a stink capsule) [TS4:HSY]
- Getting nauseous on a vibrating bed [TS4:L]
- Being infected by toxic mold (first and final stage only; will result in death by mold if the mold hasn't been cleared up on the current lot; requires Mold lot challenge) [TS4:FR]
- Neighborhood Nuisance maintenance event [TS4:FR]
Careers and jobs[]
No careers benefit from the Sim being uncomfortable or have it as their ideal emotion.
Trivia[]
- Internally, Very Uncomfortable is referred to as "Miserable".
- When Very Uncomfortable, Sims cannot build skills.
Gallery[]
Audio[]
The sound that plays upon a Sim entering the Uncomfortable emotion.
The sound that plays upon a Sim entering the Very Uncomfortable emotion.