Let's talk about feelings, more precisely, about feelingsenvy. Surely, you also encountered other people's manifestations of unkind attitude, and you yourself fell into the power of this emotion. It is believed that envy is a negative feeling that destroys from within its carrier. But is this really the case? And what if you are jealous, and do you want to stop it?

On the nature of envy

First of all, it is necessary to understand what you areyou deal. In general, many people have a very distorted view of envy: it seems to them that this "animal" comes only when others are getting better, and it is impossible to do without it. However, it is not. Envy is a feeling that arises, on the one hand, in a selfish person, and, on the other hand, possessing a low self-esteem and various inferiority complexes. Experiencing this state, one does not want to develop at all - it is much better if the object of envy is humiliated or crushed. Envy is a complex and complex feeling. That is, in her experience there are certain stages that unfold over time. But since during the growing up we have forgotten how to listen to our inner voice and experience feelings in fullness, all this is not realized by us. Where does the experience of envy begin? With a sense of lostness. It pierces a person at a time when he sees that someone else is doing better than him. There may be concomitant thoughts about your own insignificance, that you can not be seen. After this comes the feeling of grief for the living. A person begins to doubt himself and his way of life. He does not leave the thought that he was left alone, and other people seem to exist in another world. All this manifests itself in the experience of loneliness, emptiness and own insignificance. Naturally, this is followed by anger and insult. "With what kind of attitude to me is this attitude, but you are doing so well?" - the envious thinks and begins to analyze the situation. It seems to him that when he himself comes to the place of the object of his envy, justice will be restored: he will be given the deserved attention and honor. But for some reason he does not get anything, and resentment comes, and at all at once, including himself. Aggression is transferred, as a result of which a person thinks that he is bad and miserable. Thus, as a result of envy, you lose yourself, your value. This is the feeling of an offended and lost person. By the way, envious people and those who are envious, are attracted to each other like magnets. This is due to the fact that most of all they all have problems with self-esteem and their place in the world. There is a type of people who deliberately cause envy in others, as only this gives them a sense of importance and fulfillment. Therefore, if you are jealous, you should think: but do not you provoke others to this feeling?

Types of envy

You have already realized that envy is a complexfeeling. However, the topic is not exhausted: among other things, there are different types of envy, which actually differ from each other. What extremes can a person fall into?

• Envy blindly As they say, "to learnman, you need to go a mile in his shoes. " But many people forget about this and start to envy others, only by watching their progress. Indeed, from the outside, it may seem that a person is given everything easily: both career, and family, and friendship. But if each of us could "get into the skin of another", then the number of people wishing to swap places would drop sharply. Every person has his own problems, and one can not judge them so simply - perhaps for him they are a hundred times heavier than the problems of the envious. Very often in these cases, the life of another is idealized by an envious person and is simply a reflection of his own dreams.
• "Eyelid" envy There are times when a personhe envies consciously. As a rule, such envy is experienced not as black, but as dark gray - it is easier and more understandable, because another really has what you really want. However, even in this situation, it is a negative feeling, because it is able to transform into a very deep aggression towards oneself (there is an understanding that a person has not committed anything, but only has what he has) and a sense of guilt. Naturally, this state also needs to work.

In everyday life, it is common to divide envy into "white" and"Black". The latter is manifested in the desire to harm the object of this feeling, and the first - in the desire to improve themselves and their own lives. Only in reality this border is so ephemeral that a person can easily move from one state to another. Unfortunately, pure "white" envy is rare, because it is difficult to stay in it - it's much easier to "fall" into aggression towards another.

Causes of envy

If you are envious, you tend to feelitself is not very good. It's only from a distance it seems that it's great to be in such a peculiar spotlight. In fact, envious people always in one way or another pull energy away from someone who is envious. Therefore, it is very strange to desire this. But in order to get rid of this, it is necessary to understand the causes that cause envy. There is an opinion that envy is a useful and preserved feeling as a result of evolution, the same as aggression or fear. It seems like it should push us to self-improvement. For example, the one who is worse hunted, next time will be more stubborn and diligent. Or he makes his best guns. But in this case we are talking only about "white envy", and "black" is not taken into account in any way. Envy is always based on comparing yourself with someone else. In general, the mechanism, of course, is not bad and should contribute to the development of man, but when he "slides" into comparison too often, he becomes very sad, because there is always a person who has something better. There is a desire to write the whole world and all people with all their actions into a simple two-dimensional coordinate system "better-worse". As a result, there is a deep lack of self-confidence. It is another necessary help for the emergence of a feeling of envy. By the way, the habit of excessive comparison of a person, as a rule, acquires in a deep childhood - it instills in her parents. In general, the role of the father and especially of the mother in the matter of envy is very great. If parents certainly love their child, take it and praise, then he has a sense of inner calm. Their love, like a shadow, lives in the now adult heart. But if this is not the case, and parents constantly demand something from the child, comparing it with more successful children, then he gets used to feeling inferior and envious of the latter. The environment often also does not help us feel good. People can feel sorry for you, for example, because you did not get married, like all your peers. And even if you do not consider yourself to be defective, then after about a hundred repetitions of such an idea there is a risk to think: "Maybe there's something wrong with me, and these girls are better than me?". This is partly due to the fact that envy is like a plague. People who are sick to her, tend to infect others, otherwise they will feel defective. Distortion of perception also affects the fact that people envy each other. After all, how do we see this world and our brothers in the mind? Partly, fragmentarily, in certain situations. And even if we manage to observe a person for a fairly long time, we still will never be able to find out what's going on inside him at any given time. It is possible that a millionaire, to whom we envy, comes home every evening and is sad that he can not trust anyone. Or all night long travels to clubs, pumped up with alcohol and drugs, in order not to feel his deep misfortune. But we see only the outer shell, and it seems to us that there is something to envy.

What to do?

The world is full of envy - it's a fact. But you do not want to feel it on your own skin in any way! What can you do if you are still in a situation where you are envious? How to get out of this vicious circle and protect yourself from toxic envy?

Look at yourself What are you provoking othersto a feeling of envy? It does not happen that you are white and fluffy, and they all offend you. Most likely, somewhere in the subconscious you are not just happy about your successes, but also want to demonstrate them all to prove yourself that you are better than others. It is not surprising that such a state causes another quite natural reaction - envy and a desire to overthrow you from the throne. It is necessary to find in yourself all these moments and get rid of them, otherwise you will come across this feeling.

Get rid of excess altruism CanIt seems that if you rebuff, then you will offend these other people. But remember that envious people do not care about you at all - they only think about themselves and how to annoy you. Even if you were not, they would be worried about someone else: they would have cursed him, "poured mud" over his eyes and plotted. Agree, if you do not pay attention to it, then envy will become more and more.

Work out your rod Do notadjust to the assessments and opinions of others. Envious people will try to humiliate you and blame you for any deadly sins. You have to endlessly justify yourself before them and give your precious energy. It should not be! Therefore, look at what moments you are affected by their claims. Perhaps you are really worried that you can do something wrong. And in order for this not to happen, it is necessary to believe in and irrevocably believe in yourself and build your life in accordance with intuition and the call of the heart.

Do not let the envious people get too close If yousaw the manifestation of this feeling in friends, then continue to communicate with them should be with great care. Do not see this as a compliment for yourself, because sooner or later such a "friend" will want to amuse your pride and look at your fall. Therefore, when you want to maintain a relationship, a sincere and honest conversation can not be avoided. But if he does not help, then with such people should be forgiven - quietly and without undue regret.

Eradicate envy in yourself As we already wrote, insimilar situations are those who are themselves not without sin. Envy of others seems to be an indicator of your own flaws. Learn to get rid of this toxic feeling: for this you need to eliminate its cause. Do not compare yourself with others, personally grow and learn to see the lives of others holistically - then envy will not "stick" to you in any way.

Thus, it is obvious that with envy is necessarysomething to do - it has become too much in our world. Close people envy each other, advertising provokes this feeling in us, and talking about it has become absolutely normal. And while each of us looks with indifference and takes part in this, nothing will change. Live happily and do not try to envy others! We advise you to read:

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