I've been fighting jealousy for a long time now. In my late teens/early 20s I would get jealous very easily and it would always lead to me doing something I would regret. I felt like it was a selfish emotion and ever since I've tried to rid myself of it as much as possible.
In my experience I think there are going to be incidents throughout your life where you're going to naturally feel jealousy I think it's quite unavoidable. I think you can lessen its frequency by being your own person and not comparing yourself to others. This is tricky in the modern world if you use social media because people are basically showing off their highlights on there. Remember that everyone has highs and lows.
When you do feel jealousy coming on I think it's important to cut it off before it consumes you. Remind yourself of what you have, your qualities and try to be happy for someone else instead of competitive. I think competitive people are more prone to jealousy.
And, just think about something else. Use whatever form of distraction helps. Don't dwell on things. Let them go. Keep your mind mentally stimulated through other things, positive things that you enjoy doing. Or simply go out and exorcise the jealousy by acquiring what it is you're jealous of, if that's possible.
I hope this helps somewhat. I know there's some great self help articles online that have helped me in challenging times.
IIN to hate getting jealous?
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I've been fighting jealousy for a long time now. In my late teens/early 20s I would get jealous very easily and it would always lead to me doing something I would regret. I felt like it was a selfish emotion and ever since I've tried to rid myself of it as much as possible.
In my experience I think there are going to be incidents throughout your life where you're going to naturally feel jealousy I think it's quite unavoidable. I think you can lessen its frequency by being your own person and not comparing yourself to others. This is tricky in the modern world if you use social media because people are basically showing off their highlights on there. Remember that everyone has highs and lows.
When you do feel jealousy coming on I think it's important to cut it off before it consumes you. Remind yourself of what you have, your qualities and try to be happy for someone else instead of competitive. I think competitive people are more prone to jealousy.
And, just think about something else. Use whatever form of distraction helps. Don't dwell on things. Let them go. Keep your mind mentally stimulated through other things, positive things that you enjoy doing. Or simply go out and exorcise the jealousy by acquiring what it is you're jealous of, if that's possible.
I hope this helps somewhat. I know there's some great self help articles online that have helped me in challenging times.