How to Cope with Feelings of Online Jealousy

Time online and with social media can be wonderful, but it can also leave you feeling depressed, anxious, sad and discontent with your own life.

If you struggle with this from time to time, I hope my personal thoughts on how to cope with feelings of online jealousy will help.

8 WAYS TO COPE WITH FEELINGS OF ONLINE JEALOUSY

Implementing all of these strategies might be helpful for you, or maybe only a couple of them would work for your personality. Either way, I hope it helps in some small way.

1 – AWARENESS

This step sounds simple enough, but often forgotten. Become keenly aware of what causes your feelings of jealousy. What did you just scroll by that dampened your spirits? You have to acknowledge what exactly it is before you can work on it.

First step . . . write it down, shout it out, address the pain. You don’t have to solve it. Just acknowledge it. This is 90% of the battle.

2 – JEALOUSY IS A MAP

In fact, much like our body senses physical pain when we are in danger of being hurt worse, feelings of jealousy can be our guide to discovering exactly what our mind, body and soul are in desperate need of.

3 – PURSUE YOUR NEEDS WITH VIGOR

Once jealousy has charted your course, make your plan of attack. How exactly are you going to fulfill that need?

But wait!  Is it okay for us (women in particular) to consider our own needs and make them priority??  Won’t our families starve and our children become inmates some day?

I kid, but there was a time I felt that deeply. I was consumed with guilt for trying to be a work-from-home mom and was certain it would lead me down unholy paths and be my families undoing.

I am grateful for strong women of faith who spoke up about such guilt and helping me overcoming such limiting thoughts. I gave that guilt to God and pursued my needs with vigor – and amazing things happened.

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