Sim Gets Fear of the Dark After Being Cured (Patch 1.116.223)

• Status changed:
• Laundry List to Fixed
• The top-secret recipe for the Fear-Be-Gone potion has been altered to include [redacted] so it properly cures a Sim’s Fear of the Dark.
• Fixed in patch 1.116.202/2.14
  Please create a new thread if you're still experiencing this issue.

This is NOT a fix. I experienced this bug for the first time yesterday (9July2025) with a fully updated game and even after the update today it is still happening. I started a new save file, no mods, put in a sim I have made that I use to start most of my gameplay, and after getting the Fear of the Dark and taking the Fear-Be-Gone potion she still gets this fear moodlet constantly, even while outside on a bright sunny day. Without mods, I cannot get rid of this moodlet and my sim resets herself constantly to freak out about the darkness instead of completing her tasks.

Is that Sim a model that was never in the game and never had the fear? The bug isn't fixed for any Sim that had the fear at some point.

EDIT: maiyeknight​ Merged this into a bug forum thread.

Did she newly got the fear with after the patch or already have it ? Do you have the actual fear trait or just the moodlets/The fear bubble ?

She got the trait after the patch. And she have the moodlet and also act like she habe the fear. 

She couldnt drink the fear away potion, so gave her the all negative traits away potion and the moodlet is still there and my sims still act like she still have the fear. Now she also has it ar daytime. 

What i will try again is to repair the game. Maybe this will work. 

Edit: did not help. The fear will pop up again. I dont habe the: overcome fear" option. And the game will turn on "wishes and fears" in gameplay when i start the game, even when i turned it off bevor the save. 

Would you mind uploading the Sim to the gallery and posting the name here ?

First of all, thank you for the quick and kind help and the work you are now doing. 
The Sim with the bug is a child named Violetta Austin. She ist the girl and she was not created in CAS, but was born in game. 
The household is called “Austin” by ladymelone1803 (me). I only created the Sim named Jane in CAS. Everyoneelse was born in game. I just checkd the save and Violetta still has the trait “Scared” with the bat moodlet. i am unaware that she had the bat moodlet before, just the “i am scared ', beacuse there is a monster under my bed” trait.

I had my sim drink the potion for fear be gone for her fear of the dark, it's also no longer in her traits tab. But whenever I have her go outside for anything even when its during the day she gets the scared of the dark moodlet.