The Poisonous Jealousy
The feeling of jealousy may sound a little too simple but it is actually an emotional state that may cause serious problems if it is not attended to immediately. It may be rooted as a love problem or may be situated when you lack something that the other person is abundant with. Let’s say money for example. People may get jealous of others because they have less money. If this turns out to be an obsession then it may lead to serious crimes. Crimes of passion most of the time are caused by jealousy. Here are a few hints on how to deal with jealousy before it is too late.
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Accept the fact that you are jealous. Concealing the truth will not help. You can feel this and you have to accept that you are getting jealous of someone.
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Identify the cause of this jealousy. Know what you are jealous of. Comparing things will help in this case.
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Do something about it. You can never be jealous for a long time. You have to make a few adjustments and make sure that you do it the right way. Work hard to achieve something that you do not have and learn to accept that there are things that you just cannot have. You can also opt to think that you should discover great things about yourself and work hard in making it a lot better.
Dealing with jealousy is hard because you usually combat your own emotions. Being in this state of mind is normal for everyone. Just learn to accept the fact that you just simply cannot have everything. There are things that you can never achieve but keep in mind that you are unique and that there is something inside you that others are also dying to have. Discover it and you’ll feel more blessed.
January 23rd, 2008 at 12:32 am
Interesting article. I personally am not a jealous person. I always am proud of what people achieve. Take my sister for example. She is very successful but I am nothing but proud of her. She deserves everything she earned because she worked hard for it, like most successful people. However, my sign of the zodiac is scorpio. People of this sign is associated with jealousy. But In my case it is not true. For example, in a relationship if my significant other was wanting somone new, then I would just tell him/her, go and have them if you want them. Then I would just leave the relationship. I would never compete for another person.