Does anyone else get death anxiety?

I use to, but then I decided to not treat them like they are on death's door, but still have their whole life in front of them. You can create a club and have an age restriction of elder, and add some activities for them to go along with making new friends.

Well, I've had the opposite happen to me, lol. The generation 3 heiress of my Sims 3 legacy lived an unnaturally long life on a normal lifespan as a non-athletic mortal without any cheats or life fruit. Her great grandchildren were already teens when she kicked it. I was anxious for her to actually die and make room for new generations. :D

But for my other sims, when their time comes, it comes. :( I've already lost many to old age since TS2, so it's just something I had to get used to

You could try playing with aging off... or let them die and then move their ghosts back in. You can toss them in the library or move them into an old sims home (then move those households into the library when it gets full. I think you can reuse the characters later too.. after you move them into a household from the library you can age them down some and use them to populate other saves... you can even change them up this way with new names, physical appearance ect. Sim reincarnation!

"AriaMad2;c-16789083" wrote:
Would killing off said sim with cheats be okay or anything like that? I’ve been looking at the same screen for 15 minutes procrastinating pressing the play button-

That is entirely up to you. You play Sims the way you want to. One time I moved someone in with the sim I was currently playing. I thought they were just a random townie, but as it turned out they were living in a house, a big expensive house. So they brought a lot of simoleons with them. I honestly panicked at that, as that stood to take away a lot of the challenge I was setting myself up for at the time. So I entered cheat mode and wiped away the funds to about what I figured the household was at before the newcomer showed up.
I'm not always all about the challenge. I've used the wishing well a couple of times for some easy money(I love the blackmail option), but in that instance I needed the budget to be tighter.

Look at it this way: You want to set your stage to a certain setting. That requires having the right actors in the right places and dressed the right way. Using the cheat mode helps you do that. You can just call it your stagehand.
With single player, using cheats affects only your game, and it can be used as an excellent tool done the right way.

If you are okay with it when it's over.. you might want to hasten it along with a cheat so you aren't in waiting mode. I guess. All I know is if your gameplay makes you feel bad maybe you should consider not playing in a way that does that too you? There are lots of ways to play.

Heck I'm a deviant player .. but killing off my nurtured/ played sims is even off limits to me (unless I want their ghost). I have to play with aging off. Now townies/unplayed sims I have a lot of practice there.

I only worry about if if I want to keep the urns and the sim might die when they are off the home lot and I'll need to work out where the urn is.

Sometimes, I get anxious too... especially when the life bar is at the end of their life... I always thought that their last day is just about anytime soon... But, most of the time, they died when I least expected...I used to play with a normal life span, but now, I'm playing with a long life span... so, I will have more time with them... and get them retire earlier..or, you could get them to have a Long Lived trait (then your Sims will live longer).

My sims are like family. Fortunately I can keep them alive forever. :)

"AriaMad2;c-16789083" wrote:

"Hermitgirl;c-16789078" wrote:
You could try playing with aging off... or let them die and then move their ghosts back in. You can toss them in the library or move them into an old sims home (then move those households into the library when it gets full. I think you can reuse the characters later too.. after you move them into a household from the library you can age them down some and use them to populate other saves... you can even change them up this way with new names, physical appearance ect. Sim reincarnation!

Would killing off said sim with cheats be okay or anything like that? I’ve been looking at the same screen for 15 minutes procrastinating pressing the play button-

Here's what may help you. Take the family into cas.fulleditmode and save them to your library. That way, if you find it unbearable you can start where you left off (as your Sims should have all of their skills). But, any relationships in the town will have to be recultivated.

I do. It's worse for me with the pets.

ETA: No advice, sadly but you got some good ones above.