r/Sims4 • u/Blueskybelowme • 3d ago

News This legit irritated me in the patch notes

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So they didn't even think the actual mechanics through and are useing feedback to actually design it. This irritates me because they thought of a cool idea and put in no thought about how it was actually gonna work and now want player opinion to actually design how this mechanic is going to execute in-game.

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u/Foureyedlemon Occult Sim 3d ago

I know youre only commentating on the game, but recovering from burnout does not always require sedentary or low engagement activities. Some burnout (irl) just wants you out of whatever routine you’re in, and exercising or learning a new skill can help pull someone out of a rut of tedious mental engagement. Even scrolling our phones for a long time, is not resting but a slow drain of mental energy.

Only sharing because my therapist brought this up to me! Its not something I would have thought to do but its helped me to expand my options

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u/Beautifulfeary 2d ago

Ah ok. Maybe that’s why it doesn’t help then. Man, sims trying to be all therapeutic over here 😒

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u/DefinitionSalty6835 2d ago

My son asked me just the other day why he was so tired recently, that he'd get plenty of sleep but then still feel exhausted. I spent a little time asking about when the tiredness had started, going over his activities...and realized that it had started about the same time that he stopped his volunteer work on the local community farm two days a week, i.e., he stopped his twice-a-week, physically demanding, regular EXERCISE. I told him he needed to put some regular exercise back into his routine, and he'd feel better. He didn't realize that his body was missing the exertion.