Everyone has experienced jealousy at some point in their life. There is nothing to be embarrassed about, it is a natural emotion that is tough to ignore, especially during difficult situations. Take dating for example; you’re in a relationship and your partner has a lot of friends that are the opposite s.e.x. They see them on a regular basis and this upsets you because you are afraid one of them might take him/her away from you, this is a form of jealousy.

In basic terms, jealousy is described as having a sense of fear that you will lose something or someone. So what people do is try and prevent themselves from losing what they got. This can lead to them taking precautionary measures because this emotion can cause depression and disappointment if the outcome is negative.

So if someone is jealous of you, they may try and get in your head and control your emotions since they cannot control theirs. Below are 7 signs that someone may be jealous of you.

1. Fake Praise

They want to turn your back and they’ll fake praise until you do that. Once they did it, they’ll be more delighted seeing your expense. They even not say anything to your face as they don’t want a confrontation. They’ll also make you feel that they are proud of you, but still, they chatter behind your back.

2. They Downplay Your Success

They’ll always try and downplay your success. What you do may be a big thing, but they’ll tell everyone that it’s not a big deal. They don’t have any successful achievement in their life to brag on, so they only left with convincing others that you haven’t achieved anything.

3. They Imitate You’

They’ll always want to be like you, so they’ll try to imitate you and what you do. They’re mad and will walk, talk and dress like you. So, don’t get upset about this. Be happy that the thing you’re successful in life.

4. They Brag About Their Success

You’ll surely here if a jealousy person achieves some success. Even if you have your own success to celebrate, they’ll brag about their success. By doing this, they feel more important than you. They love this feeling and they’ll do anything to keep it up.

5. They’re Highly Competitive

These people are very good at competing. They’ll do anything to prove that they’re perfect than you and others. Even though competition is healthy, but if they win, they’ll try to embarrass you by bragging it and that will be annoying to you.

6. They Love Gossip

They’ll be proud of you at the face of you, but they want to make fun of you behind your back. They’ll try to ruin you with false rumors and negative comments just to ruin your image by targeting people those who are friends as they respect you.

7. They Simply Hate You

The person who doesn’t like you will always be jealousy with you. If you’ve done nothing to deserve it, let them continue it. Go away from these types of people.