Are you jealous?

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Whenever I have a good friend (yeah, it's been known to happen) I'm extremely jealous of that person's other friends. I always want to be their best or, ideally, only friend and need a lot of confirmation that they really like me. I try not to show it, because I know it's stupid, but I still feel it.

No, though i know what the term means, but i can't actually feel it.

I kind of understand what you're talking about here, Sanctus.

I've experienced myself, that when I had a good relationship with someone (could be friendship, could be acquaintance, or even with a co-worker I really like), that, upon meeting their friends or other people they can interact well with, and seeing them interact with them, it often makes me feel that suddenly I'm standing there liked chopped liver. Like, I find it more difficult to sustain the good rapport I share with that one particular person I'm fond of, when there's one, two, three or more others around them, being friendly with them. This is in great part because I find it more difficult to keep up social interaction with a group of people, as opposed to with someone one-on-one. And yes, it does lead to an instinctive feeling of "I don't like that the other person is suddenly taking up so much attention from my friend/acquaintance/cow-worker etc., I want that attention to go to ME, like my attention goes to THEM!"
Rationally, I know that that's childish, but I can't help feeling that way sometimes, and I keep it hidden in the recesses of my mind, so I don't let it interfere with anything.

But yeah, I can get jelly, a little.

I don't think so, unless it's the same thing as fear of being betrayed or fear that they aren't real friends and are actually laughing at me with those other people.

for me to think someone is my friend, that means I find them extremely special (in a good way). It's just a matter of not wanting to waste my time on things that I don't like or that are boring, and most people are boring. Naturally, when there is something extremely good-special, you want to protect it because you like it being there and it keeps being interesting and attractive. But if there are other things around it, they block the view and you can't see the sparkle. But they get to see the sparkle (if they're smart enough). So if that thing/person freely chooses to let this happen, they are basically placing you below those other boring things in some kind of hierarchy of importance. That hurts, because your attraction is a compliment seemingly considered unimportant, even for a finite period of time.
I think that if I say that I am "jealous" and want that person to be focusing on ME, that this is a self-disservice. I would rather tell myself that it is wanting to be in an equal interaction with something that interests me. If I have experienced rejection of this kind of relationship possibility by someone in the past, of course I will have been trained to be more afraid that this person too will reject my offer.

One of the cures for this kind of "frustration" is to try to meet more people. It may be the case that no matter who you are, if you have very specific definition of a good friend, that the number of people that fit the bill is a lot larger than you think it is. And then when one of your special people isn't around, you realize that you don't feel bad because you have another special person to go interact with.

but don't mind me. 50% of my talk is theoretical. i'm one of the most difficult people to convince to follow my own advice.

Ever since I was about 11 or 12 I have been a very jealous person. I am not a nasty person but I can become horribly jealous. I would never act horribly jealous to someone's face, though, but just inwardly I can beat myself up because of being jealous of other people. When people say they are going on holiday, or have got a boyfriend, or are going out for the day with their mates, or are even chatting to random strangers, I find myself getting very jealous - even though they do things what I wouldn't even want to do. I have a feeling that these are psychopath traits; being jealous of other people doing things whether you would care to do them or not. It's like I want some sort of control over people, and that I want people to be like me, and it all turns me into a jealous b***h.

I get jealous sometimes when I see how easily people get along with each other. It takes a lot of energy to make new contacts and keep conversations going for me. When I see someone else doing the same thing better without breaking a sweat it makes me wish I could so the same. But that's what being an Aspie is all about...

I get jealous when some girls in my house become really good friends.
Its not fair that they get close to eachother and not me.
I want friends because Im a person to that deserves friends.
Its really lonely being different huh?

I have that problem too. This is especially when a close friend of mine starts dating or gets married.

IE- This happened to me about 16 years ago when a close childhood friend of mine hit puberty. She started dating and associating with her boyfriend's close friends. This happened at her 12th birthday which was a camping trip sleep over party. I got invited and looked forward to it. However, my friend's boyfriend and his friend were paid attention to while I was not. So I played with her 6-year old brother since my friend seemed to ignore me.

Her mother thought I was being a brat that whole weekend but also understood that I was jealous.

I would also get jealous whenever my friend and I made plans but those plans would fall through because she wanted to spend time with her boyfriend.

I was also jealous of a casual ex-boyfriend's new love interest last year. It made me feel empty seeing them together.

I also got jealous of another close friend and their friend getting together for lunch before meeting me at a free concert on campus a few years ago. I arrived at the auditorium and called to confirm that I was early. As it turned out, they were across the street eating lunch. So I went over there and slammed my bag on the table I was feeling left out.

My a close friend and another former friend of mine got together the day after Christmas to go shopping and walk around a mall together. They did not invite me on that and then there was no transportation to get there since it was closed. It still cut me pretty deep.

Finally, I get jealous of my friends all getting together with their family members while I only talk to an aunt and don't talk to my own parents and so it cuts me deep. This is especially upsetting during the holidays.

I'm NT and I get jealous. My sweetie is Aspie and he says he feels no jealousy whatsoever. He even says that when he can't be with me because he is shut down or just wants alone time for an extended period, I can have another lover. Wouldn't bother him at all. Of course, he is NOT allowed to have another lover cuz I am very jealous. And that's our agreement. I haven't "dated" anyone else yet and I wish my Aspie would NOT allow it. I'm choosing not to for now.

I haven't felt it in a while. But I don't get jealous about people being with other people or befriending. I don't understand it jealousy.

a little. But you should just focus on your own life and stop comparing yourself too much, it is impossible to not be yourself

As a single man, I get jealous whenever I see college and grad students holding hands, kissing each other and conversing as romantic partners. Seeing these things make me wish that I could have a beautiful girlfriend today.

I was working at one lab in Boston during 2010-2011, and I socially interacted with the people on my lab and other labs as acquaintances. However, I actually discovered Facebook pictures of those lab workers ecstatically hanging out together at restaurants, bars, and games. It appeared those lab workers were never willing to invite me to hang out with them. I will fueled with intense angry and jealously, that I decided to block them all on Facebook for good after leaving the lab.

Another example, my younger NT sister had a large network of friends unlike me, and would occasionally hang out with them. This definitely made me jealous because I was very unsuccessful in making and retaining friends.

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