Tense

Tense is an emotion available in The Sims 4. It occurs when a Sim engages in mentally frustrating tasks. A Sim with this emotion can progress to feeling very tense, and Sims feeling very tense can become stressed.

Interactions and Activities

Sims will only have a chance to use these interactions or do these activities while tense

Supportive Traits

These traits affect how often a Sim is tense.

Object Auras

These are items found, bought, or earned in the game that can emit a tense aura in the area around the object. You can choose to enable or disable the aura at any time. Once enabled, a Sim can interact with the object, through viewing or using it, and they will earn a +# tense moodlet. Whether their mood changes to tense or not depends on the other moodlets affecting the Sim at that time.

Careers and Jobs

Sims with these jobs or careers will gain work performance if they go to work while tense.