What does jealousy mean to you?

United States
July 6, 2012 2:01am CST
I believe jealousy is the root of all evil and I've seen many people act in ways that made me question if they were just jealous or what. Have you been jealous of someone or have someone jealous of you? What are some of your examples that indicated jealousy played a role in certain situations?
8 responses
@raghwagh (1527)
• India
6 Jul 12
According to me Jealousy means a feeling one gets seeing a thing which we feel should have and we see it with someone else. I think one should take such a feeling in a positive manner. Rather than hurting others for getting the required thing one should try to create/get a similar one for him/her self. So according to me jealously should be taken as a positive motivation of satisfying our wish without hurting others.
@safety69 (592)
• Taiwan
6 Jul 12
Jealousy means , untrusting someone, or that person doesnt have confidence in her or himself. There are different kind of jealous: in friendship , in a relationship, or jealous of what the other have, we have to be careful and dont make comparisons between what we have or what the others have. Have a good day.
@akash009 (452)
• India
6 Jul 12
Jealousy is something that can be called a necessary evil. As jealousy can be harmful to you as well as be a boon to you;. If you can use your jealousy in a positive way then it help u to achieve your goals and dreams but at the same time if you are unable to control your jealousy or anger it will definitely destroy you. So it becomes extremely important that how you use your jealousy.
@nemrac12 (388)
• Philippines
6 Jul 12
Hello mylotter, for me jealousy is an emotion of a person typically refers to negative thoughts, feeling of insecurity and anxiety. I have been jealous before and i will tell you that yes i was insecure before because my big body. I am fat before , and what i did i do some exercise until i became slim again. Until i regain again my self- confidence. When you are too jealous, you lose self confidence. Some people said , that jealousy is a sign of love and affection, but i dont believe on that. I might believe that it is a sign of obsession. Like my brothers girl, she was obsessed too much to my brother, that is jealous to much to me. I don't know why.
@ryanong (9665)
• Vietnam
6 Jul 12
I am jealous when my bf puts much his attention to the others gals..however i am not too jealous..i mean i can control myself good and may ask him later... i think being jealous a bit in relationship is good, but over jealous is not good anymore...
@jizfir (93)
6 Jul 12
Jealousy is a very broad word to define. It can be a cause to certain situations and the reason to some problems. But one thing is for sure, and you're right, it is the root of all evil. I myself have been a victim of it many times. And what I hate about it is that, most of the time, when that jealousy hits a person, it will overpower the emotions of that person and will not give anyone a chance to explain his/her side. Also, if that jealousy is already in a person, it will take no advice and will just go on with what jealousy has been telling him to do.
@jricky1 (6800)
• China
6 Jul 12
This is really not so cool reaction to everyone.So i try my best not to jealous anybody else for something that i can not achieve.So,this can really cause for many serious results.Just feel content and stick to what you can really gonna be.Hopefully this can help.
@plekenut (365)
• Indonesia
6 Jul 12
Jealousy mean that your mate still loving you. But not if he/she have too much jealousy.. It can cause fight each other. Jealousy caused by third person in many case. But in other case, i found a girl jealous to her boyfriend because of his toy or vehicle. We can find another case in our circumtances. Yupz, they are society.