Definition Essay About Being Jealous

Jealousy is a noun; meaning the state or feeling of being jealous according to google. Whenever you hear the word jealous or someone being jealous you always think negative for the most part, but we never really sit there and think about why someone is or get jealous. Jealousy can get happen to anyone and sometimes we try to hide it. I’ve always been a jealous person with my friends, my mother, and boyfriend when I started dating. I was the only child, always got all the attention since I was the baby in the family, and I’ve been a perfectionist trigging me to be jealous when these things stopped happening to me.

Due to the fact that I was the only child living with my mom, she made me her whole world. My mom would do everything for me from cooking to doing my laundry. I never had to share her love or attention with anyone else. Since, I was her only child whenever my mom would play with someone else’s baby or gave attention to another kid I would get so jealous. I did not want her playing, or talking to anyone else, why would she if she had me and that’s how I felt. The fact that I was the only child living alone with just my mom is what made me jealous of her giving anyone but me love and attention.

Being that I was the baby of my family for most of my

It took me to a while to accept the fact that I was jealous, and what triggered me to get jealous. At first I remember thinking it was normal and fair that I should have everything done my way or how I wanted them to go, but than life showed me things wouldn’t always go that way. I still get jealous though if my mom talks about someone else or my boyfriend talking to a different girl in front of me even if it’s just a co-worker. Jealousy is something that sometimes you cannot control. Hopefully, when my daughter is born and all the attention goes to her I do not get jealous of her getting it