Sad

Sad is an emotion available in The Sims 4. It occurs when a Sim has gone through a somewhat traumatic experience. This emotion can evolve into very sad. A low social need will make Sims sad and the death of a family member, friend-good friend, romantic partner, or even acquaintances will make them very sad.
Sims that are sad will cry frequently.
==Interactions and Activities==
Sims will only have a chance to use these interactions and do these activities while sad.
===Interactions===
*Complain about Problems
*Ask for Advice
*Gloomy Compliment
*Attempt to Flirt
*Express Melancholy Thoughts (Sims with the Gloomy trait only)
*Send sad text (using their phone - more often than not, the recipient messages back inviting the sad Sim to their place to be cheered up.)
===Activities===
*Give Yourself a Pep Talk (Mirror)
*Blog About Feelings (Computer)
*Read Obituaries (Computer)
*Call Sadness Hotline (Phone)
*Play with Emotion (instrument/toys)
*Express Melancholy Thoughts (Private Journal)
*Swim Around Sadly (Pool)
*Cry it Out (Bed/Closet)
*Water Plant with Tears (Plants - Requires Level 2 Gardening Skill)
*Cry (Self - Teens or younger only, or if Sim has the Uncontrolled Emotions trait)
*Ask Sim for Food And Drink (Toddlers only)
===Interactions on Sad Sims===
Sims will only have a chance to use these interactions with a sad Sim.
* Try to Cheer Up
* Console About Death
* You'll Be Okay (to for toddlers, children, and teens only)
* Discuss Sad Mood
* Mock Sadness (children and teens only, or if Sim has the Insensitive trait)
==Supportive Traits and Events==
These traits affect how often a Sim is sad:
* Gloomy
* Family Oriented Sims will become sad if they do not interact with family members for some time
* Good Sims will become sad when interacting with an Evil Sim
* Jealous Sims will get +1 moodlet if they are near a couple
* Insider Sims will become sad if they do not interact with friends for a time
* Ambitious Sims will be very sad when losing a job or getting fired from their job
* Outgoing Sims get a sad moodlet when they haven't interacted with others
* Calm (infants only) - infants with this trait will more likely be sad than angry if their basic needs (e.g. hunger, energy, fun, attention) are not met or if their parents leave the house. Calm infants who become ravenous will be very sad but the timer to resolve their needs does not appear
* Clingy (toddlers only) - toddlers with this trait will more likely be sad than angry if their basic needs (e.g. hunger, energy, fun, attention) are not met or if their parents leave the house. Clingy toddlers who become ravenous will be very sad but the timer to resolve their needs does not appear
* Angelic (toddlers only) - toddlers with this trait will more likely be sad than angry if their basic needs (e.g. hunger, energy, fun, attention) are not met. Angelic toddlers who become ravenous will be very sad but the timer to resolve their needs does not appear
* Vegetarian Sims will be sad when eating meat food
* Cat Lovers will become sad when a cat friend dies or gets taken away
* Dog Lovers will become sad when a dog friend dies or gets taken away
* Child of the ocean Sims will become sad if they haven't partaking aquatic activities for a long time, caught a fish via fishing, and/or witnessing mounted fish décor by autonomously mourning them.
* Maker Sims will become sad if they haven't fabricated something for a long time.
* Animal enthusiast Sims will become sad if they haven't interact livestock animals for a long time.
* Child of the village Sims will become sad if they're missing Tomarani community for a long time.
* Generous Sims will become sad when using mean interactions.
These events may lead to a sad moodlet regardless of a Sim's traits:
* Witnessing a death - Sims will get a +5 very sad moodlet for approximately 48 hours. This happens even if the grieving Sim does not have a close relationship to the deceased Sim. It is very difficult to overcome this emotion. Family members who were not in the same room as the deceased Sim at the time of death are not affected.
* Mourning a grave - Sims will get a sad moodlet for four hours after mourning someone's grave
* Break-up/divorce. Toddlers and children become heartbroken if they watch a break-up/divorce.
* The victims of break-up/divorce will feel sad and very sad respectively. Not applicable to noncommittal Sims.
* A Sims significant other having an affair
* Unsuccessful social events - host Sims who do not get at least a bronze prize at the end of the event
* Tired Of Words (toddlers only if parents taught toddlers to talk)
* Newborn babies (toddlers and children sometimes get a sad or angry moodlet when they meet a new younger sibling)
* Creepy slide (sometimes toddlers will feel sad after going down a slide)
* Unsuccessful chance card outcomes from school and work
* Unsuccessful Try for Baby (Young Adult and Adult female Sims only [unless the Sim also Hates Children])
* Low social need (Not applicable to Infants, Toddlers, or Loner Sims.)
* Potty accident (Toddlers only)
* Low hygiene (toddlers only)
* Too much time doing skill-boosting activities (toddlers only)
* Having nightmares (toddlers only)
* Child Sim or younger whisked away to safety
* Losing a game (especially Don't Wake the Llama)
* Getting fired
* Losing a Basketball Game (Gloomy Sims only)
* Romance Guru
* Homesickness from going on vacation
* Romance Festival (5th time the Sim gets showered with petals)
* Failing a protest
* Being near a smashed dollhouse (Causes Toddlers, Children & Childish Sims to cry)
* Getting kicked out of a club (Teens only)
* Fake bad news (this only affects Sims with the gloomy trait)
* Having a dream crushed too many (makes toddlers cry)
* Destroyed School project
* Viewed Sad Painting
* Being near a Tragic Clown
* Infants or Toddlers having low fun or hygiene needs
* Mood Swing (Teens and Sims with the Uncontrolled Emotions trait only)
* Voodoo Dolls on Fizzle
* Pets being taken away or being put up for adoption
* Scared of Thunderstorms (only happens to toddlers as children, teens, and adults will instead get Scared)
* Chance of Sad buff when timeouts end for children and teens
* Unfulfilled holiday tasks
* Not being accepted into any Distinguished Degrees after applying for University
* Losing a sports team competition
* Being nearby broken electronics with Techie lifestyle 
* Posting a sad comment on Social Bunny
* Expelled from high school
* Cooking using a pressure cooker resulted in poor quality meal
* Experienced heartbreaks (will result to death by broken heart if a Sim is continuously failing any romantic-related events)
== Object Auras==
Sad paintings (made by Sims having sad emotion or having the Expressionist Aspiration Reward Trait) have the sadness aura and, if Emotional Aura is enabled, they affect Sims that are in the same room as the painting.
==Careers and Jobs==
No career benefits from the Sim being sad or has it as their ideal emotion.
==Trivia==
*The Sad emotion has two stings associated with it: a sting similar to the Very Sad sting, albeit shorter and less intense, and a shorter sting which is taken from the very end of the "object breaks" sound in The Sims 3.
* Before the game was first released, Very Sad was called "Depressed". This can be seen in the official gameplay trailer.
** The code name for Very Sad further supports this.
==Gallery==
Sims4-emotions-sad-stm-kent-capp.jpg|A Sad Sim
Sims4-emotions-verysad-stm-antonio-monty.jpg|A Very Sad Sim
Sim Sad.png|A Sim pecking
Sim sad (2).png|A Sad Sim
Sim cry with tears out.png|Sad emotion sometimes trigger this 'crying with tears' idle animation
Sim cry while painting.png|A Sim crying while painting
Depressed-emotion.png|The Depressed Emotion taken from the official gameplay trailer.
SadInfantTS4.png|A Sad infant.
==Audio==
ru:Грустный