Sims 4 CC Disability, Chronic Illness, and Mental Illness Masterpost
I was getting frustrated with how hard it was to find CC for disabled sims so I made a masterpost of everything I could find. I have deliberately cast the net pretty wide, as you can see by the title. Some of the mods could also be used for able-bodied and neurotypical sims.
Click here for the masterpost
It is best viewed on desktop due to text wrapping and the length of the list. Feel free to message me with links for anything I missed!
I've been meaning to make a post talking about my stroke because y'all got bits and pieces of the recovery but I never actually told the story of HOW it went down and the thing is the type of stroke I had is usually the type young people have and since having mine i've now heard multiple stories of people under 40 having very similar strokes and the scary thing is, is that they didn't get help right away. Because you're young and healthy and sure you feel weird but it'll pass right? but it doesn't, and it gets worse, and by the time you get to the hospital (some people literally take days to go) the deficits are worse and recovery is harder.
so here's a super long post about strokes in general, and mine in particular/what I went through.
So for strokes the signs are abbreviated BE FAST. Balance loss, Eyesight changes, Face drooping, Arm weakness, Speech difficulty, -> Time to call 911.
Had I known those MAYBE I would have figured it out but my symptoms were a little mixed. I was reading (fanfic!) in bed because it was a sunday morning and i had nothing pressing to do and suddenly got dizzy. I put my laptop aside because my eyes were blurring (Eyesight changes - symptom #1), and laid down, thinking it would pass, it didn't, it's a little vague how it progressed because I'd been having headaches and neckpain for about 3 weeks leading up to it so I was like 'idk is this a migraine?' (headaches can be a stroke symptom so symptom #2) but i got nauseous and eventually got up and to my utmost surprise I immediately fell over as if I was the drunkest of frat bros. The room literally spun before my eyes as I fell to the floor (Balance loss - symptom #3). I have had some Nights and I had never been that unsteady before. I crawled my way to the bathroom, threw up (nausea - not a common stroke symptom) , took 800mg of ibuprofen, and crawled back to bed.
if you know anything about ibuprofen you might know it's a mild blood thinner and that's a high dose. I may have inadvertently helped myself with that one. I was just feeling like shit and thinking 'idk this might help'
At this point I still thought we were still in Normal Land. Sure, it was a weird morning, but Surely There Was A Reason. (Yes There Was) Anyway, as I'm lying there willing my body to stop suffering I realize my arm is going numb (stroke symptom #4) and I switch positions, because weird, but it doesn't go away, and I gave it a good little while. I'm on a medication that can make my limbs tingle but it usually just does it to my fingers and it dissipates quickly but this wasn't dissipating, and then I realized one of my legs was also going numb. Then one side of my face is going numb.
(at the time I did not look in the mirror but I had a drooping eyelid - symptom #5)
Those all seem bad. I grab my computer and google 'when to go to the hospital for dizzyness' as that felt like the worst of my problems. and indeed the list I found highlighted that if you are also experiencing loss of balance, blurred vision, nausea, and limb numbness, you should see a doctor. That seems like far too many symptoms to be having all to be listed. I grab my phone (thankfully plugged in and by my bed), and start layering on more clothing because it's about 10 degrees out and i'm in a pajama dress. The very nice man at 911 talks with me and sends an ambulance, I tell him I don't think I can get out the front door of my building on my own and he asks if I can get to MY apartment door to which I say yes and he assures me that's fine they will have keys to my building.
(I have been since informed they love to chop down doors but no, I could get that far)
I wait by my door laying down on the ground and they arrive pretty quickly. They see to me in the hallway, which is more of a lobby in my building and the only place with room for me to lie down (I cannot stand unassisted at this point) they ask me a bunch of questions, take vitals, and ask me where I would like to be taken. Me, having never had to go to the fucking hospital in an emergency before, simply go 'wherever is close' because I again, I am having a stroke and do not have the wherewithal to think through these things.
A big firefighter helps me down the stairs (it's only a half flight and I still almost did not make it) and we get underway.
At the hospital they wheel me into triage and I mostly lie there gratefully and answer some questions and respond to some tests (grip strength, following a pen with my eyes, that sort of thing) and then I hear what is great when you've been at urgent care for two hours but what is Very Bad when you just arrived in an ambulance and that's 'She's next'. I jumped the line for a CT scan and an MRI. I was there less than ten minutes before I was actively being scanned. honestly closer to five.
my active symptoms seem to have been worse than some of the stories I've heard, not being able to walk AT ALL in particular, although some other are pretty equal (Footless Jo on youtube had a stroke around the same time I did of the same type and has discussed hers, she delayed going in despite the severity for a variety of reasons and it sounds like her recovery has been difficult) My recovery was pretty easy because i was actively being cared for and on blood thinners right away. My stroke was caused by an vertebral arterial tear, aka the inner part of an artery tore which can cause a clot. This tends to be the type of stroke young people have although I'm sure it's possible to have a different type.
I was pretty out of it in the beginning, but I was only in the hospital for 6 days and then in a rehab for another 4 to relearn how to walk and balance, then i was released unto the world and just spent time going to physical therapy and recovering for awhile. I was out of work for about 8 weeks total. I basically had the best outcome for a stroke. I recovered almost fully back to 100% (I'm about 2% less sure footed than I used to be, but it's rarely noticeable), my face still feels a little weird but has markedly improved so I live in hope it will eventually get back to normal. It massively sucked. But strokes can fuck you up for life and I came out a weird medical story to tell and have to take some extra medication now/precautions to take (i cannot do certain types of yoga, no weightlifting, no push ups, no going on rollercoasters.... things that could strain my neck essentially) but overall I escaped very lucky.
tutorial: how to make a battle jacket recolor (24min)
I've been meaning to make some tutorials for a while now, so here is one, sorry it's a video I'm still recouping from CT. I tried to cut it down a lot, so if I chopped out some important bits feel free to send an ask.
In this one I'm taking you from start to finish with zero S4S experience (and some photo editing experience assumed) making a battle jacket recolor. Very detailed and I tried to explain each step thoroughly.
Link has more info and also timestamps with descriptions. I'll be releasing this jacket soon for download!
do you have any of milkbreadcc's content? their patreon is gone and they havent posted on tumblr in 3 years :( I desperately want their NeoGrunge eyeliner set
hello dear anon, so sorry for such a late reply.
i am having trouble finding the creator itself... the name does not appear in any search i make. did they go by other name? l also tried cross-search in cc-finds simblrs but no luck either. can you give me any more hints about the creator or even the exact item you're looking for? a url of a reblog, a picture, anything is useful.
also, if any of the readers recognize the creator, please leave me any clues in the comments :)
Maxis Match CC | 7 Swatches | Base Game Compatible
Hi, everyone! I’ve been in the mood to create something nostalgic lately, so I ended up making this little TubeTV with a DVD player. I hope this piece finds a cozy spot in your Sims homes!
are you appalled by the fact that only career politicians can organize protests in the sims 4? do you find the default protestor costumes in the game criminal?
worry no more, because i made my first mod!
🪧anyone can protest: a mini mod by cottonpastel 📣
i have always found it incredibly annoying that in the sims 4 you can't be a voluntary activist who also has to make ends meet with other things in life. especially a university campus without student activism is insane to me! with this mod,
literally anybody from teen to elder can organize a protest as long as they have a political opinion to protest for.
you can choose a political opinion for your sim by clicking on them. i wanted to keep it maxis, so these are ea's default political causes that come with city living ep, i.e. "no sim left behind", "speak for the trees", "world united", "foundation for less mischief", and "simoleons for everyone". you can change your political opinion anytime from the same pie menu.
then you just go out there and protest in fashion: sims no longer change into those ugly t-shirts! they simply remain in their current outfit. this should be the case even if you are in the politician career.
otherwise it all works exactly as in city living ep, meaning that anybody with or without a political opinion can still join or watch the protest, autonomously or player directed. relevant moodlets, protestor signs etcs are the same as in CL, and a politician can still come and ask protestors to disperse.
requirements: city living ep.
conflicts: none to my knowledge but any mod that alters protest behavior may conflict depending on what changes they implement. shoot me an ask if you have anything specific in mind and i'll look into it!
📔 as always, you can download the mod for FREE,
here.
hope you enjoy it!
@alwaysfreecc
please don't post anything i make as if your own and/or put behind a paywall.
for my delulu fantasies about future iterations of this mod, see below.
i really wanted to make child sims able to participate in an already ongoing protest, but i couldn't since that would require new animations. as someone who grew up on various protests my parents took me to, i really want to make this happen one day, when i learn more. my plan would be to:
make it possible for child sims to join an ongoing protest organized by an adult sim. children would shout slogans like the adults and hold small signs. i would make it so that the child sim wouldn't necessarily have a political opinion of their own.
make it possible for child sims to organize two types of protests on their own and without needing any political cause or opinion: protesting their parents and protesting school lol. only child sims could organize these protests and other children or toddlers could join an ongoing one. the toddlers wouldn't understand anything lol they would just bob as they sometimes autonomously do.
if i go even more delulu i would add interactions for parents to make concessions to a child protest or stand their ground (concession example: you are allowed not to brush your teeth just for this night haha). maybe it would affect their parenthood pack related traits etc.
all except one featuring actual paintings from historical manuscripts! i thought this would be a wonderful way to celebrate the eid while honoring islamic art.
download here
you should be able to find them in the build-buy catalogue by searching for "postcard". i actually wrote descriptions for each, giving credit to the original artworks but couldn't find a way to make them appear in the game 😒
@alwaysfreecc
so for anyone curious, here's the credits for the artworks:
from left to right, top to bottom:
Painting from a Shahnama manuscript, Shiraz, Iran. 1480. Today in Chester Beatty Library, Dublin. [link] (btw the subject is Alexander the Great's pilgrimage to the Ka'ba in Mecca lol)
Detail from Mir Sayyid Ali’s painting Majnun Visits Layli’s Camp, from Shah Tahmasp's manuscript of the Khamsa of Nizami. Tabriz, Iran. c. 1540s. Today in the British Library, London. [link] (i cut out the lovers, layli and majnun, bc i was interested in the sheep, oops)
Painting from the Dara Shikoh Album, Agra (?), India. c. 1630s. Today in the British Library, London. [unfortunately this one is not publicly available]
Painting from the Dara Shikoh Album, Agra (?), India. c. 1630s. Today in the British Library, London. [same album as in 3, not publicly available]
Painting from a Futuh al-Haramayn manuscript, probably Iran, c. 1525-1550. Today in Chester Beatty Library, Dublin. [link] (this one is from a pilgrimage guidebook)
edited screenshot that i took in-game haha
i guess sharing the info here has the advantage of giving more details and sharing the links. apologies this is very safavid and mughal focused, but those are the traditions that im most familiar with.
this mesh is a slightly different texture than i typically see it done with, but natural hair sculpting is what inspired this cc. of course i made it a pentagram, but honestly it just reads as a star too.
i am still getting a feel for blender sculpting so it isn't perfect! it looks better when experienced 3D lol
After some time, I'm back with a new pose pack for my story. This time, I converted the handkerchief that came as a reward from the latest in-game event into an accessory and created a very specific scene inspired by classic romantic period dramas.
I also made a recolor of the suit that was included as an event reward, allowing you to create a sequence where the character appears with a clean suit first and later with a stained version, if you'd like.
Both the accessory and the suit will be available for you to add to your game and use with these poses. However, they are completely optional. By playing with camera angles, you can also make use of the poses without using the handkerchief at all.
Includes:
• 7 couple poses
Teleport:
• Place 2 teleports together anywhere in the world.
• Please check the reference image to see the correct pose placement.
Notes:
• All poses were designed for the female Sim to use the accessory, so THERE IS NO NEED to equip the handkerchief on the male Sim for poses 3 and 4.
• Requires the "Handkerchief Acc" accessory (available in the ring category).
i've been dreaming of this polished gemstone set and so happy to finally share it! necklace, bracelet, and earrings made from scratch
all LODs
low-poly (near/under EA poly counts)
not allowed for random
custom thumbnails, sorted cas categories
♥︎ download: SFS ♥︎ patreon ♥︎
i hope you enjoy :) feel free to tag if you use! always love to see
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commissions are welcome!
everything i make is AI free, always & forever. these sets take a lot of work, so if you feel so inclined, you can tip me on ko-fi and patreon! and photoshop is expensive lol
