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I’m jealous. I wish I could be happy for couples I see but I’m not. I hate them. I hate them because I’m jealous. How do I stop being jelous!?

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assemblingaknob · 31-35, F Best Comment
I'm sorry that life is unfair. I think it's important to remember that no one has everything and everyone has their own baggage of pain and suffering, no matter how privileged or perfect they look.
Negative emotions only hold us back and drain our energy. Learning how to redirect emotions into constructive work can help groom us instead of controlling us.
Redirecting emotions in different hobbies (cooking, art, reading, gardening, sports etc) help us become our own masters. We can't be slaves to our feelings.
Becoming slaves to our emotions only inhibits us from achieving our goals. People around us are only a distraction. We all run our own races. We only compete with ourselves. If we stop and stare at everyone else and compare our race to theirs, we never move forward, and never moving forward equates to losing.