“What makes someone jealous’?

Answer 1

Loving the other person so much that you cannot bear the thought of them desiring anyone else.

Answer 2

In a relationship it means being insecure and imagining/being suspicious of a situation that might be happening with your partner. Also an illusion/knowing that the other person you`re jealous over, is somehow better looking/ more successful/ sexy/ than yourself. It`s a feeling that brings out all the insecurities and complexes that you have about yourself, thinking that someone else surpasses you, of whom your partner could be/is/has been attracted by.

Answer 3

Fortunately, I am not jealous by nature so I can't really give an opinion from the 1st person point of view. It seems to me that jealousy is a combination of a lack of trust and insecurity.

Answer 4

Fear...in a word. It is a 'racket' feeling. These are feelings that hide a truer feeling. So jealousy is a feeling that is a distortion of anger. It turns the anger into something more acceptable because even though jelousy is negative...it is at least associated to loving someone. It is therefore more neutral than anger.

The fear is because of the threat of loss.

Answer 5

Someone is jealous when they know someone is better thatn them and they feel as if they are repalced and what to be that person to get there spot back.

Answer 6

depends on what you assume as jealous..it can be diffrent things at diffrent times.....beleive it or not there is many types of jealousy
for example bitchy,envios,recognition,under the ladder of importance.....and there is positive jealousy when you admire someone and try to surpass there level.
p.syou may think enough of this as phsyco babble but my point is Details-details-details

Answer 7

Looking at another woman.
lack of attention.
No demonstration of love.
Being too helpful or nice to another woman.
Trying to behave in a better way in the presence of another woman.
Giving too muh attention to another woman.
And in general, being ignored in favour of others.

Answer 8

jealousy is a deadly sin,and its called deadly because it can,and does kill.
jealousy kills in many ways.
jealousy kills the human spirits essential beauty.
Jealousy is fear based.
We are all capable of being jealous. fear fear fear.
its not why but how.How does a person rid themself of jealousy.
and that is another q.

Answer 9

by possing something that person wants.... not to be confused with envy

jealous: Showing extreme cupidity; painfully desirous of another's advantages

envy:Spite and resentment at seeing the success of another (personified as one of the deadly sins)

Answer 10

I'm jealous of anybody better looking than me. I have only been jealous once, then realised it was a mirror.