Sims 4 keeps crashing within minutes of gameplay - NO MODS CC

Since June 9th, which is around the time when the nature is calling event started, my game has been crashing non-stop.

i will start to play, load up my household and within 5 minutes it will crash.

i have tried the following: clearing cache, repairing game, uninstalling and reinstalling all content, removing save files in case of corruption, starting a new save with no other saves in game, disabling most of the apps that launch on my PC on startup, updating my game with every new update. I play with absolutely zero mods or CC.

and still nothing works.

i should add that I bought the sims 1&2 collections around the same time it was happening, I thought that might be the issue so I uninstalled those games and tried again but it didn’t work.