Do u feel jealous of someone sometimes?
By nehakalley4
@nehakalley4 (1918)
United States
December 18, 2006 11:38am CST
I have this problem sometimes, well its a human nature that when I see a very beautiful girl who is also more talented than me I feela bit jealous, does this happen to anyone else also, Is this limited to girls/women only or it happens to men/boys also. What should we do at that time.
I sometimes start analyzing that what strong or weak points I haveand start comparing with the other girl, think I am very wrong when I start doing analyzing. We should be thankful for what we have and should be confident of whatever we are. What do u say?
6 responses
@aquatic (165)
• India
6 Jan 07
yeah i do feel jealous sometimes when i find somebody higher than my intellect with my smart smarter looks particularly if she is female. i know its bad but i dont want to change sometimes its okay.
ya i also feel envy of women living at home taking good care of kids, home and being good on everything.
@nehakalley4 (1918)
• United States
6 Jan 07
yeah me too ,see I am not much homely girl so when somebody there takes good care of house etc I fell jealous butI am trying to control this habit of mine because I know in which I am good at.
@leopardxtasy (2426)
• United States
18 Dec 06
i get jealous sometimes i dont like it but sometimes i cant help it its not as bad as it used to be so im learning not to be to jealous
@nehakalley4 (1918)
• United States
18 Dec 06
Yeah it turns out to be bad later on and thats why I also try to avoid such feeling
@mridig (202)
• India
8 Jan 07
Jealousy typically refers to the thoughts, feelings, and behaviors that occur when a person believes a valued relationship is being threatened by a rival. The word jealousy stems from the French jalousie, formed from jaloux (jealous), and further from Low Latin zelosus (full of zeal), and from the Greek word for "ardour, zeal" (with a root connoting "to boil, ferment"; or "yeast").
Jealousy is a familiar experience in human relationships. It has been reported in every culture and in many forms where researchers have looked. [1] [2] [3] It has been observed in infants as young as 5-6 months old and in adults over 65 years old. [4] [5] [6] [7]
It has been an enduring topic of interest for scientists, artists, and theologians. Psychologists have proposed several models of the processes underlying jealousy and have identified individual differences that influence the expression of jealousy. Sociologists have demonstrated that cultural beliefs and values play an important role in determining what triggers jealousy and what constitutes socially acceptable expressions of jealousy. Biologists have identified factors that may unconsciously influence the expression of jealousy. Artists have explored the theme of jealousy in photographs, paintings, movies, songs, plays, poems, and books. Theologians have offered religious views of jealousy based on the scriptures of their respective faiths. Despite its familiarity, however, people define jealousy in different ways. Some even mislabel it as being protective of something or someone, when the fact is, it's really simply possessive jealousy itself; and many feel they don't possess effective strategies for coping with this form of jealousy. [8]
