Okay, is anyone else's game unplayable now?

I play the Sims 4 on Windows, and since one of the recent updates these last few months, I am unable to access anything else on my computer without crashing the game.  It's really freaking annoying because I'm used to listening to stuff in the background while I play and occasionally recording funny moments in my gameplay, but now I have to either be in the game with no access to other applications, or have the game shutdown completely.  The only way I could go back to the play style I'm used at this point is to get another PC.  The EA app is always a mess too, and half the time I have to reinstall it when the game crashes.  I've spent so much time and money on the Sims over the years, and the new packs are amazing, I don't want to have to stop playing it.  PLEASE I AM BEGGING FOR HELP, IS THERE ANYTHING I CAN DO TO CONTINUE PLAYING?