For example, we might envy another person’s wealth, appearance, status, experiences, and even their good health. Making a social comparison is grounded in our tendency to gain self-understanding ...

I t's perfectly natural to compare ourselves to others-and feel a twinge of envy when we fear we're falling short. Far from ...

“I’m such a terrible person for feeling this way,” she said. “Why can’t I feel happy for my brother?” I reassured her that envy isn’t a character flaw. Like all emotions, it’s ...

Psychologists classify envy in two ways, she says: malicious, where you "want to cut the advantaged person down so you look better by comparison," and benign, where you are "motivated by another ...