Evil Eye

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This goes by lots of names, and I have found it to be a phenomenon cross-culturally. This refers to the concept of when a person who hears good news or someone's optimistic plans feels jealous and experiences a desire for bad things to befall the person who is happy or at least feels the desire to put out the person's good feelings by making a mean or pessimistic comment. Have you experienced this much? Do you experience it in yourself? Can you be happy for others, or is it hard? As for me, I do find it hard to be happy for others. I can ACT happy for others, but to produce these feelings inside is hard.