What Is Jealousy?

According to Wikipedia, Jealousy is an emotion and

typically refers to the negative thoughts and feelings 

of insecurity, fear, and anxiety over an anticipated 

loss of something that the person values, such as a

relationship, friendship, or love. 

Jealousy often consists of a combination of emotions

such as anger, sadness, and disgust.

It is not to be confused with envy.

According to Webster's dictionary, 

jealousy is described as "the state of being jealous."

In order to unravel the circular reasoning 

we must discover what jealous means. 

Jealous is a resentful envy as of someone's success, 

achievements, advantages, etc.

 

Envy and jealousy are closely related,

however a connotation difference exists. 

To quote Webster, "Envy denotes a longing

to possess something awarded to 

or achieved by another. . .

Jealousy, on the other hand, denotes a feeling of 

resentment that another has gained something that

one more rightfully deserves. Jealousy also refers to 

anguish caused by fear of losing someone 

or something to a rival."

 

As you may have gathered from the above explanations,

jealousy can be unhealthy or healthy, 

depending on your motivation.

Unhealthy jealousy stems from fear, insecurity, 

deception, or covetousness.

When you feel yourself acting out in jealousy, 

you need to examine the reason why you feel jealous. 

Why I jealous ?

Because I fear that I losing someone :(

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