6 signs that you are a victim of envy

We tend to share our achievements and joys with the people we love. Therefore, it’s really sad when we find out that some of our supposed friends don’t feel pride or happiness for us. That they’re signs that you are a victim of envy, that powerful toxic feeling and can lead a person to act cruelly in the face of our achievements.

We’ve all been jealous and envy of someone at some point in our lives, but it’s much more difficult to deal with the envy that others feel about us, as we cannot control other people’s feelings. However, by recognizing the signs, you are better prepared to deal with the situation.

Some signs that you are a victim of envy

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  Competition

  An envious person tends to be jealous about other people achievements, always feeling the need of self-flattering and talking about their own achievements in order to get a greater recognition, usually leading to direct competition. It can be personal or professional victories, envious people will always try to overcome other people’s success in any way.

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  Spoiler or exaggerated happiness

  Because they are jealous about the success of those around. An envious person tends to ruin the moment of happiness by underestimating the achievement. However great, it may be. Or the opposite, an envious person can be so exaggerated and gaudy, expressing a completely fake feeling of happiness about other people’s success without noticing it.

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  Signs that you are a victim of envy – Mirroring

  Envy is also a distorted kind of admiration, that is, an envious person knows exactly that someone is better than them. Therefore, they seek to copy other people’s actions, sometimes with small differences, but always with the same purpose.

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  Criticizing

  One of the signs that you are a victim of envy is when you feel these people always need to outdo each other. The opinion of the circle of mutual friends is extremely important. For this reason, they don’t miss any occasion to try to damage other people’s image and integrity.

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  Signs that you are a victim of envy – Self-flattering

  Envious people feel the need to ‘rub’ their achievements in other people’s face. It doesn’t matter the dimension and greatness of their achievements. They always demand a constant recognition from those around them, specially when someone is happy.

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  Signs that you are a victim of envy – Fake friends

  If you are going through a bad moment, the envious people will be on your side. This kind of people may even promise to help you, but they won’t. Usually, they enjoy being close to you just to see you shattered. They will take this opportunity to let you even down, persuading you that you are not able to overcome the problem.

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