Its ruining my life and i think for me is what caused me to become mentally ill. I just couldnt handle my emotions and i let them get the better of me.
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I kind of know what you mean. You shouldn’t let it ruin your life though.
There’s always someone better off than you, but also there’s always someone worse off than you.
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I’m sure you’d agree that sz comes from more than one thing. I have jealousy too, I think everyone does but not the hateful kind. I’m a pauper who has a one room apartment.
I dealt with my jealousy of successful people by becoming a successful person. I highly recommend it to others. Developing a recovery oriented attitude is the first step.
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I feel inadequate with working people. I don’t work. I always lie when I’m on vacation as people always ask what I do for a living. I stay I work with people with disabilities.
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You can always say you were able to take an early retirement. Make them jealous of you, bro.
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Then they’ll ask even more questions lol. If I told them I’ve retired at 36.
My mom is like this and she is always unhappy because she talks to a rich friend who enjoys a very comfortable life. I told her to limit her phone calls with this rich friend, but they’re also good friends. She likes to talk to her, but she often gets bitter at our family being less richer than hers.
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I’m working on becoming successful by starting my own game development business. I don’t think I would be happy working for someone else. It gives me too much anxiety.
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I’m this way too in a sense
For example my cousin in a happy marriage with 8 kids whose parents are still together run the local Ford company, look down on me I’m like ugh… Not everyone has two rich parents, just saying
Makes me sick to my stomach. I shouldn’t feel that way but hey since they are judging me it’s only fitting.
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If they don’t take psych meds their not sucsessful in my book. Jk 
I’m getting them secondhand from ankles around here.
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I feel ashamed,guilty, worthless etc whenever the inevitable question is asked as to what job you do. I can’t manage to say something to pretend that I work. I can’t even face doing voluntary work . My one attempt years ago was a dismal failure. I find it hard to initiate conversation with people so a voluntary job interacting with people is a non starter. That one attempt was going rounds with hospital librarian. My practical skills are limited, to put it mildly. I don’t do well under pressure.
I try to be useful finding info to hopefully help people and/or interest them . Been doing it for over 20 years. I’ve been doing the World community grid distributed computing since 2005. It requires just about zero effort. At the moment it’s running 8 https://www.worldcommunitygrid.org/research/opn1/overview.s tasks .
It’ll never compare to having a paid job, but it’s the best I can manage to do.
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I think of my success in terms of family, sobriety, and photography. Those are what matter most to me.
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I get jealous, sure. But it doesnt ruin my life. They dont deal with what i deal with. Im sure some people envy my life. I get to relax 24/7. Sure its filled with occasional paranoia and anxiety but it beats the hell put lf getting paranoid at work every day. Im retired at 34 years old. Poor as anything but happy.
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I think I’m a good (s) dad despite my limitations. I love them and they love me Something I openly express in a way I’ve never been able to do with my birth family.
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Polite disagreement. I think you’re a good dad, period. The ‘step’ qualification is unnecessary.
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You’re right. I’ll leave it out.
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Look at the not so bright side. In the end we are all equal.
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The working man wishes he didn’t have to work and vice versa.
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