Behavioral Mental Patterns - Supplementary/Gameplay Traits 1.2

Let's make the sims' gameplay way more realistic...

Sometimes the human brain works in different ways for some people and for various different reasons. Some are biological or genetic and other patterns are created post-trauma and so on.

The 6 Behavioral Patterns are; Anxiety Disorder, Eating Disorder, Mood Disorder, Personality Disorder, Psychotic Disorder and Sleeping Disorder.

However, for the purpose of creating this mod I generalized and merged different disorders to avoid creating 20-30 different traits... For example, the Anxiety Disorder can be categorized as social anxiety/agoraphobia, obsessive-compulsive, post-traumatic and so on. The Mood Disorder involves a very general term whereas it's actually diagnosed as melancholia, dysthymia, unipolar depression, bipolar and so on. The Personality Disorder involves the clusters of antisocial, narcissist, anxious avoidant, dependent, also obsessive-compulsive and so on... The same thing applies to the Psychotic Disorder.

I created this mod with the utmost respect and NOT with the main purpose to make fun of people who do have one of these disorders. Actually, I suffer from Anxiety Disorder (I was told that my low serotonin levels should have been low in a much older age, but it seems that I was born that way) and I also have a lot of experience with people who suffer from Mood Disorders, Psychotic and especially Personality Disorders.

It does not matter if you are an introvert or an extravert, and it does not matter if you are very well-educated or not. A mental pattern is a mental pattern which usually requires medication or years of psychoanalysis to keep it in some kind of moderation or control.

I've always been fascinated by people's behavior, and I enjoy observing them. My biggest regret is that after finishing nursing school I had the chance to take an exam to study psychiatry which is something that my teachers in psychiatry lessons suggested me to do, but I didn't. However, it's never too late...

So, in the meantime, I created this mod to give you some kind of sense on how people with these disorders feel and also how those who are very close to them, like very good friends or best friends, spouses, family members and so on feel about them. Don't get me wrong, they don't feel pity for them. The paradox of disorder is that we usually "pollute" people's emotions with sadness, and they simply want to help us.

However, what I've learned is that no matter how much you'd try to improve a person, they won't be improved unless they decide to do it by themselves. If you use the legendary Basemental Drugs Mod, your sim will experience a significant change of mood depending on what drugs they use. But, my mod does not have any kind of technical connection with this great mod. It just clicked without me doing anything. However, sims with the Psychotic Disorder do not respond so well to drugs or not at all...

The catch; Sims who feel sad or bored by the behavior of sims with a disorder can only be those with Anxiety Disorder, Sleep Disorder, Primary Traits like Cheerful, Goofball, self-Assured, Bro, Clumsy, Family-Oriented, Romantic, Good and/or Outgoing. They should also be very good friends, best friends or family members.

You may also mix 2 behavioral pattern traits. For example, a sim with anxiety disorder may also suffer from sleep disorder. I also know that some of you may block mean social interactions, so I decided to create all of them as friendly. Sims with Psychotic or Personality disorder may seem insulting in a friendly manner, and your relationship won't decrease when they express their thoughts. You will actually make them feel better!

No matter how you use the mod, happy gaming!