"Kimberly, we've all had it at one time or another. I suppose the first time it struck me was in my infancy. I also felt it in my adolescence. I first started working on reasons for it at 35. I realized that jealousy was a vice and most unreasonable to feel towards anyone or anything. I acquainted myself with the Commandment of Covetousness, basically the condition of wanting someone else's posessions or wife. I related it to jealousy because it fit the condition in the fashion which I understood. I worked hard at understanding the delimma of jealousy and how to control or modify the root cause to eliminate it's effects on me. Now, in middle age it has little effect on me. I'm still human so I occassionally feel it edging towards awareness; however, I easily defeat it, it no longer owns even a part of me."
2006-08-14 06:50:58
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answer #1
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answered by Anonymous
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Find out why you are jealous.
Consider whether it's a good reason to be jealous.
2 ways to deal with jealousy: go with it or ignore it.
Jealousy is not a bad thing. It's part of human nature. Because of that, neither the 2 choices is right or wrong.
2006-08-07 21:11:06
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answer #2
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answered by Mercii 2
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Jealousy only will eat you up and make you full of resentment. As soon as you realize that your jealousy probally does not even bother the other person at all and is only hurting you, then is when you will be able to deal with Jealousy in a mature, sane manner. No need for Jealousy. Also, pray that you will have God's help to deal with this emotion. Remember that Jealousy is a emotion and you have to control every emotion to some degree.
2006-08-07 20:47:39
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answer #3
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answered by SecretUser 4
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Sit down alone and make a list of every blessing you have. Keep writing until your fingers hurt.
If that doesn't work, try to think about what might not be so great about the person you are jealous of. Everybody has problems, and if you really thought about it, you probably wouldn't choose to trade lives with that person, just for the few things you are jealous of. You don't know what else you'd get in the bargain! I"m not saying to look for bad in them, but to realize that they probably have many issues/problems too, and maybe worse than yours.
2006-08-07 19:56:48
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answer #4
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answered by Sarah W 2
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first of all, don't feel bad about your jealous feelings. everyone has them whether they admit it or not. the best way to deal with them, is to sit back and pick apart the situation. it really depends on what you're jealous about , but I'm assuming you're talking about being in a relationship. do you really have a good reason to be jealous? if you feel that you do then you have to confront that. you have to give proof that these feelings are valid, if there is no proof then you really shouldn't be jealous. don't be jealous of something that has not even happened yet. for example, being jealous of your boyfriend talking to another girl, but he is not cheating on you. if he's not cheating why be jealous? I hope that helps, good luck with that.
2006-08-15 12:14:35
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answer #5
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answered by Monique C 2
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I think the only way to get over being jealous to keep reminding yourself that being jealous isn't going to give you what you were being jealous about. It's just going to keep making you angry, force you to make bad decisions and probably get you stuck in an angry phase for a while, if the jealousy is that bad. You'll become desperate and do anything you can to get it...I've seen where that can get people, and trust me, it's not pretty.
2006-08-07 19:56:18
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answer #6
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answered by Anonymous
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"Find Out Ways To Make Others Feel Jealous About You"
2006-08-15 03:51:11
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answered by Anonymous
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Been self confident is the best thing in life. Knowing yourself deeply is still the best way to deal with jealousy.
If someone else id feeling not you, be away from then, because they have to deal with their own wmotions and most of the times there is nothing you can do about it.
2006-08-14 15:42:18
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answer #8
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answered by Mila 2
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It's normal. There are two parts, one is fear the other anger. One question that comes to my mind is how does Jealousy differ from hate. Hate has a definite threat to ones physical safety, but that is not a characteristic for Jealousy. The threat is uncertain; physical or not, personal or not. The second constituent, anger, is to destroy the uncertainty, but there is a real person other than your love interest person. Is it this person or is it your love interest person.
If you are certain in yourself of your attitude to love as a constituent of human essence, its value in human existence generally, then you know you do not own yourself as love, and therefore not that which is loved. But in rejecting something, it is as if declaring that which was ours is nolonger our property. We do not reject that for which we have no interest, no desire for. We do not reject a person before we love them. If we did, how do we explain that prejudice.
It is the other, then, that brings a mysterious possibility, for which we can not predict, and love not giving omniscience, not expanding our knowledge, does not yeild certainty for this new condition. Therefore, seeking knowledge in the other, loved or not, is what is needed. This class is the class of pain, and therefore self uncertainty.
2006-08-07 21:11:48
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answered by Psyengine 7
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Grow up! The more mature you are the more jealousy is not part of your life. If someone is trying to make you jealous - then they're not worth your effort. Stick with those who are honest and truthful - leave the liars for someone else to deal with.
2006-08-15 15:22:15
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answer #10
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answered by Anonymous
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