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It is human to feel jealous but jealousy must not take over and define hu-
mans. Whatever the reason may be, jealousy is a bad emotion to feel and a bad
quality to posses. So when one feels even slightly jealous, he must try to get rid of it
almost instantly so as not to affect the person and to let him become a person ma-
nipulated by jealousy. Jealousy is both a cause and an effect. It is caused by greed
and human perspective which leads to all kinds of physical, emotional and psycho-
logical effects.
Jealousy is felt because we are human. The world today is entailed with
greed and people's thoughts are being manipulated by their own perspectives, such
as their opinions and beliefs. Greed can either be materialistic on non- materialistic.
Whatever it is that is causing the greed causes the jealousy. This is because indi-
vidual perspective on what one thinks is important to them plays a big role on what
triggers the jealousy, like when another person possesses what, more or better
than what one already has.
Oliver Stone once said, " Never underestimate the power of jealousy and the
power of envy to destroy." Jealousy really takes a toll, either bad or good, but at the
end of the day, whatever it is that causes this jealous feeling affects humans simply
because it is human. The fact that jealousy was felt, greed and perspective took
over and took control over the feelings, emotions and choices. Jealousy is both a
cause and an effect and its affects affect different humans differently.
Jealousy is an emotion, and the word typically refers to the thoughts and feelings of
insecurity, fear, concern, and anxiety over an anticipated loss of status or some-
thing of great personal value, particularly in reference to a human connection. Jeal-
ousy often consists of a combination of emotions such as anger, resentment, inade-
quacy, helplessness and disgust. In its original meaning, jealousy is distinct from
envy, though the two terms have popularly become synonymous in the English lan-
guage, with jealousy now also taking on the definition originally used for envy
alone. Jealousy is a typical experience in human relationships. It has been ob-
served in infants five months and older.[1][2][3][4] Some claim that jealousy is seen
in every culture;[5][6][7] however, others claim jealousy is a culture-specific phe-
nomenon.[8]
In psychology[edit]
Jealousy involves an entire "emotional episode," including a complex "narrative":
the circumstances that lead up to jealousy, jealousy itself as emotion, any attempt
at self regulation, subsequent actions and events and the resolution of the episode
(Parrott, 2001, p. 306). The narrative can originate from experienced facts,
thoughts, perceptions, memories, but also imagination, guess and assumptions.
The more society and culture matter in the formation of these factors, the more jeal-
ousy can have a social and cultural origin. By contrast, Goldie (2000, p. 228) shows
how jealousy can be a "cognitively impenetrable state", where education and ra-
tional belief matter very little.
its sad how some people are so jealous and intimidated by youthat they only have
negative things to say when they absolutely nothing about you.