Overcoming jealousy

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Jealousy is one of the biggest relationship killers. Everyone has jealousy at least once, its natural. Small jealousy is nice because it shows our spouse that we love them and we are willing to fight for them. However if you are a jealous person and you question their loyalty ever time they leave your home, you have a problem.

Before you confront your spouse to talk about your jealousy problems, recognize it in yourself. You can often work on it on your own and overcome it before you need to talk to your spouse about it. Work on trusting your spouse when they walk out the door instead of questioning what they are doing and who they are with. If you cannot control it on your own, involve your spouse.


Usually jealousy happens when you feel threatened. If your spouse is close to another person that threatens you, let your spouse know of your feelings. If they understand how you feel, they will work on making you feel more secure when you are around this person or they will limit the amount of time they are with this person.

Work on building your self-esteem.
Let all the other people your spouse associates with that you have confidence and you trust your spouse. Instead of feeling inadequate compared to these people, make them feel inadequate compared to you. By building up your self-esteem, you will not need to worry about the people your spouse is around because you know that no matter what, they are going to come home with you.

If your spouse is a jealous person, never give them reason to question you. Do not spend time talking about all the things your co-workers did. Sure you can say a couple things, but you should never say things about this person that will make your spouse question if you have feelings for them or if they are inadequate compared to this person.

Don't be so paranoid.
Talk to your spouse and let them know that you have feelings of jealousy. Usually they will reassure you that they are in love with you and that nothing can ever get in the way of the commitment you made to one another when you got married.

If you have been hurt in the past or someone broke your trust, you need to let it go. Recognize that your spouse is not this person and they love you. They are not going to do things to compromise your relationship and they want your marriage to stay healthy and strong. Instead of spending your free time calling your spouse to see where they are and then checking up on them, show them you trust them by not calling. Let them have their free night to do their own thing with their friends and then spend the next night together. It's hard to move on after someone has hurt you deeply, but it is possible if you try and give your spouse a fighting chance to prove you wrong.

Take a good look at yourself and figure out what is causing you to become a jealous person. If your partner has a wandering eye, tell them how that hurts you and makes you feel inadequate. If you start to make assumptions about little things, you will become your own worst enemy. Take time to sort out your feelings before you confront your spouse about some of their behaviors that cause you to lose trust in them, this allows you to think about what you are going to say instead of being irrational and causing your spouse to lie.


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