Jealousy
- Jealousy can either be suspicious or reactive
- jealousy is a defensive reaction to a perceived threat
- Jealousy is feeling fearful or insecure over a relative lack of possessions (possessions in the general sense, ex. romantic partner)
- Envy means you have a discontented longing for someone else's advantages. Jealousy involves suspicion at some sort of rivalry.
- Jealousy could be seen as a form of envy, since the jealous person may envy the affection that his or her partner gives to a rival— affection the jealous person feels entitled to himself
- Alternatively, they may be seen as 2 different things that may also occur simultaneously
- When jealous, we create complex narratives