Is jealousy a sign of insecurity?

Question

Jealousy sometimes is the root cause for couples who argues, inflicts physical pain, or verbally abuse and emotionally abuse the other partner.

Answer 1

Could be a sign of insecurity or lowered self esteem. Could also be the result of lifes experiences where a person has experienced something bad that leads them to have a sense of jealousy. Could also be a result of the current relationship and a failure of the two people to communicate effectively. There's a lot of different reasons for the emotions people experience and not everyone has the same reasons for one particular emotion or feeling.

Answer 2

Jealousy:


Jealousy has been described as an aversive reaction evoked by a real or imagined relationship involving your partner and a third person.

Contrary to what many of us may believe, jealousy is not a sign of intense devotion or of passionate love for the person who is the target of it. Instead, jealousy is often a sign of underlying problems that may prove to be a significant barrier to a healthy intimate relationship. The roots of jealous feelings and behaviours may run deep. Causes of jealousy typically include the following:

* Overdependence on the realtionship. People who have few social ties and who rely exclusively on their significant others tend to be fearful of losing them.
* High value on sexual exlusivity. People who believe that sexual exlusiveness is a crucial indicator of a love relationship are more likely to become jealous. As the expectation of sexual exclusivity increases increases, the likelihood of becoming jealous also increases.

* Severity of the threat. People may feel uneasy if a person with a fantastic body, stunning good looks, and a great personality appears interested in their partners. But they may brush off the threat if they appraise the person as "unworthy" in terms of appearance or other characteristics.

* Low self-esteem. People who feel good about themselves are less likely to feel unworthy and to fear that someone else is going to snatch their partner away from them. The underlying question that torments people with low self-esteem is, "Why would anyone want me?" Thus, everyone other than the "beloved" becomes a threat.

* Fear of losing control. Some people need to feel in control of the situation. Feeling that they may be losing the attachment of or control over a partner can cause jealousy.

Answer 3

Jealousy is a sign of insecurity. Extreme jealousy is often what you say. But, everyone experiences some sort of jealousy now & again. It may come out when feelings in the relationship are becoming more intense. As long as you keep it under control & can talk about it with your partner, it's fine.

Answer 4

It can be and it can't be a sign of insecurity. It just depends. If one of the partners give a good reason for the other to become jealous like consistently flirting with someone...ok, but if the person does nothing and the other still gets jealous...yeah, that would be insecurity.

Answer 5

yes , jealousy is a sign of insecurity.. and a sign of love as long as it isnt taken to extremes, i mean most people that are jealous (relationship wise) love the person , if they didnt love them or care for them they wouldnt give a damn what the other does or with whom they do it with.. so its not always a bad thing to be jealous as long as it doesnt hit the psychotic realm.. Possesiveness is taking it to extremes.. and thats usually where the arguements ect come into play, but alittle jealousy is normal and shows that the other person does realize that if they arent careful they could lose u to another..

Answer 6

Yes...very definitely.

The root cause of an individual's insecurity can sometimes stem from childhood events or past relationships that have gone wrong.

Answer 7

Yes jealousy is a part of insecurity and I dont know if your a religious person or not but even God is a jealous God.. So how could you expect sinners such as ourselves to not hold a trait like jealously even if we'd not like to admit it..

Answer 8

Jealousy is a sign that you care when it comes to relationship.

Answer 9

Yes, but be vigilant for signs of impending affairs.

Answer 10

Absolutely! You answered it already yourself.Looking & acting are not the same thing.