I don’t know if there has been an update for the past few days I have experienced that my sims have got their whims back, even if wants and fears are deselected in the settings.
I hate the fear of death that affects ALL older Sims.

And oh my goodness, so this is what you were talking about. That is such a big obstacle to playing It’s a good thing that we can turn it off entirely, at least until a sim leaves the lot. Hopefully they’ve updated that to be turned off permanently by now.

I look forward to catching up with Tusnelda, hopefully without silly fears getting in the way!

Thank you for your comment ❤
I’m so glad I got a solution.
I opted out of Neighborhood Stories a long time ago. They mess up my game way too much.

I think I spent maybe an hour max taking pictures in the game and during that time the character Mona had three major anxiety attacks due to her fear of death. It’s completely insane and makes it almost impossible to play with an older Sim.