7 Tips for Overcoming Jealousy: How to Boost Your Confidence and Improve Your Relationships

Human emotions come in all shades. Love, possessiveness, jealousy, and hatred form the rainbow of our emotions. But the dark shades of human emotions often cause damage to your own health. That’s why I bring you this blog sharing some insights on ‘How to overcome jealousy?’

A few days back, I also shared a blog on ‘Possessiveness – A poison of mind‘.

Ayurveda has always emphasized the importance of living a righteous life. And now researchers too are agreeing to the health impact of your emotions. Positive emotions like love, laughter, and gratitude have multiple health benefits. Whereas, negative emotions like jealousy or possessiveness can result in chronic diseases!

Studies say positive emotions help improve sleep, relieve stress, and promotes longevity. While scientific evidence suggests negative emotions like anger or jealousy result in high blood pressure and heart diseases.

How to overcome jealousy?

Here are 8 steps to overcome feelings of jealousy. The key is to acknowledge your feelings and then rationalize them. Check out these simple ways to deal with your demons.

1. Accept that you get jealous

Jealousy is like a disease that needs to be diagnosed and treated with care. Realizing and accepting the problem is half the work done in tackling the situation.

2. Make gratitude your attitude

The mere fact that you are breathing right at this moment is a reason big enough to be thankful. Make a habit of reflecting on things that you have and then pray for all that you want. 

Also Read: Gratitude makes you happier

3. Set your focus right

Focus on your own journey and strive to excel in your own arena. The fight is not to outdo someone else. It is to improve your own skills and be a better self.

4. Do what you love

Jealousy and envy often creep in when someone is not satisfied with their current situation and the only person accountable and capable of turning the tables is none but the person himself. Don’t compromise your dreams to fit the shoes that society mends for you.

5. Practice positive affirmations

This habit of practicing positive affirmation is like a magical mantra that the wise used to chant. Repeating all the good things in your life helps you to stay focused, and positive and attracts all the good things in life.

Also Read: Benefits of Self-Affirmations

6. Stay away from negativity

Surround yourself with good people and good books. The people in your life have a deeper impact than you can imagine. Negative people will make you feel down, and discouraged and nag about anything and everything around you.

Also Read: 13 Powerful Tips to overcome negative thoughts

7. Meditate

Meditation is pure bliss that shows you the solution to every problem in your life. It calms down the mind, discharges all the negativity, and combats stress. Meditation helps you to reach a frequency zone where you are able to see the bigger and brighter picture of life.

Also Read: Health Benefits of Smile Meditation

Research suggests the following ways to overcome jealousy:

1. Identifying triggers: Understanding what causes jealousy can help one recognize and manage their emotions.
   
2. Challenging negative thoughts: Replace irrational thoughts with more positive, realistic ones.
   
3. Improving self-esteem: Engage in activities that boost self-worth and confidence.
   
4. Practicing gratitude: Focus on what one has and the positive aspects of their life.
   
5. Building healthy relationships: Work on improving communication and trust in relationships.
   
6. Seeking support: Talk to a trusted friend or mental health professional about feelings of jealousy.
   
7. Mindfulness: Practice mindfulness and focus on the present moment.
   
8. Setting boundaries: Clearly communicate boundaries and respect others’ boundaries.
   
9. Understanding insecurity: Recognize that jealousy often stems from personal insecurities and work on addressing them.
   
10. Seeking professional help: Consider therapy or counseling to work through underlying issues related to jealousy.
    

It is important to remember that overcoming jealousy takes time and effort, and may involve personal growth and self-reflection.

Ayurvedic Doctor’s Tip: How to overcome jealousy?

Negative emotions like jealousy and anger are not only detrimental to relationships, but these emotions also affect your own health. Jealousy takes away the peace of your mind and gives you sleepless nights. Nurturing these emotions harm your own health.

So, if you are feeling a gush of negative emotions, take a deep breath. Acknowledge your emotions and then master your mind to control the negative emotions.