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How do I stoo being envious?

User Profile: BlueGxrl3
BlueGxrl3 October 11th, 2021

For quick context; I have this friend who i love very much, she's really amazing in every possible way. She's attractive, smart, charismatic, funny, talented, skinny, has a girlfriend, lots of people like her, very kind, understanding and sweet. In my eyes, she's perfect.


And I can't help but feel envious of her, so much that I've cried because I feel so bad feeling like this. She's a sweetheart so I know if she discovers how I feel she would feel awful.


I've always felt that she's everything I want to be, and when she likes something that I like I feel like a competition because I feel like I don't have an identity on my own without being the shadow of her perfect figure, you know???


I hate feeling like this, I'm trying to work on my self and trying to find anything good about me but its difficult, any suggestions on how to overcome this???

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User Profile: CheeryMango
CheeryMango October 16th, 2021

@BlueGxrl3


Hello Blue. It can be hard to not be envious of our friends, especially when we admire them and see them doing so many successful things in life. I found some helpful links on how to stop being envious. Hopefully they help!

https://www.becomingminimalist.com/ungreen-with-envy/

https://www.trackinghappiness.com/how-to-stop-being-envious/

https://www.wikihow.com/Overcome-Envy

https://antimaximalist.com/stop-envying/