Is There Cure for Jealousy?

For “special cases”, expert advises the jealous partner to:

• Write down your blessings. List down all your assets and what you are good at. 
• Find reinforcement from people who are 8 to 10 years older. They will help a lot in developing maturity—they will help in making you see things in a different and healthier light. 
• Seek the company of people who give you a positive influence—a caring group of people (an aunt or a sister) who will be able to give you love and affirmation. 
• Do things that you’re good at. When you do things you’re good at, the positive effect of affirmation will lift your self-esteem and cancel out feelings of inadequacy, the root of jealousy.  
• Take control. It will be difficult but practice makes perfect. 
• Encourage yourself. Be your own cheerleader. Pat yourself on the back from time to time. 
• Professional help. But it doesn’t have to mean psychiatry. Talk to a relationship counselor or attend personal growth/enhancement seminars.

Detect jealous rages early

• Immaturity 
• Making excuses, so that the end result is that you spend all your time together.  
• When out with friends, he clings to you. Thus you can’t move around freely.  
• Is very suspicious all the time.  
• There is little trust and respect.

Get Out!

• Name calling: “You’re a b*tch!/You’re a sl*t!” 
• Getting mad at you in front of your friends 
• Hacking into your email  
• Reading your diary 
• Controlling what you wear 
• Sending other people to check up on you