feverdreams_13 Does this happen with no mods or custom content present? If you do use mods or cc, please remove the Mods folder and delete localthumbcache.package, and test again. You don't need to save your progress.
If this doesn't help, or you have no mods or cc at all, please test a different household in a different world in this save (you don't need to save here either), and a new save as well. The question is whether the freezes are limited to one save or household or are global.
Please also provide a dxdiag, for reference. Click Windows key-R, enter dxdiag in the run box, wait for the scan to finish, click "Save all information," and save the file to your desktop. From there, you can attach it to a reply using the paper clip (Attachment) icon included with the other formatting buttons.