Envy and jealousy. What are some triggers?

[LadyEmeraude]

There are so many things that can make a person envious and jealous.

This is an open topic, please chat about whatever you want.

I will mostly be reading the posts only.

 

[IrishEyes]

I learned quite early watching people who suffer with personalities mixed with those emotions.
Decided a long time ago, Not the way I want to live life. I don't care to live my life on a scorecard.

 

[Pinky]

Personally, I don't understand envy, nor jealousy.

I was once befriended by a woman who had a lovely husband, who held a good job. Her son (age 5), and daughter (age 8) were both smart. Rather than appreciating what she had, she exhibited jealousy when we took our daughter to the theatre. When we were out for coffee, she would pinpoint people, and making insulting remarks about them.

It was at that point, that I decided to extricate myself from the friendship.

Life is too short to be around that kind of negativity.

 

[Della]

Our culture seems to foster jealousy with its beauty pageants and competitive sports from a very young age.
I have trouble watching the Olympics because I hate seeing those young hearts break if they lose, after giving so much of their young lives to the sport.

 

[dusty]

I think the root cause of both is low self esteem. When a person wants but knows he can't get/have what another has then he begins to feel inadequate and also powerless. Becoming angry at the one who has what he wants, he will begin to act out...or suffer in silence.

People will actually kill over these 2 emotions.

 

[IrishEyes]

Our culture seems to foster jealousy with its beauty pageants and competitive sports from a very young age.
I have trouble watching the Olympics because I hate seeing those young hearts break if they lose, after giving so much of their young lives to the sport.

I love going to Special Needs Olympics better. My 2 grandsons with special needs have participated
for years. The younger one got so distracted by the cheering crowd he forgot to run his race and just
walked back and forth waving at the crowd smiling soooo big. The adults participating in the games
made him a make shift trophy from a cup and a stick with some ribbons after the race and gathered round him.
Talk about melt your heart, tears were flowing.