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Do you think jealousy might be genetic?




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Posted - February 2, 2019

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  • 7792
    Nah! I can't believe that. I would like to believe that it's learned. Kind of like racism.
      February 2, 2019 9:21 AM MST
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  • 53509


      Good point!

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      February 2, 2019 9:31 AM MST
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  • Insecure people are often more jealous.  That could be a part of their personality .. or part of how they were raised.  It could be genetic .. or it just could be from their life's experience too.
      February 2, 2019 10:03 AM MST
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  • 7280
    Probably---as in part of a personality trait.

    But jealousy does have a very logical component---the more important something is to you, the more likely you are jealous with regard to any rival for it.
      February 2, 2019 10:47 AM MST
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  • No I think it is an acquired emotion when others give you pause to doubt your own worth:(
      February 2, 2019 11:56 AM MST
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  • 17599
    Not per se.  The inclination toward addiction is though.  Perhaps the behavior that an addiction to another person brings out could resemble jealousy. 
      February 2, 2019 3:20 PM MST
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  • 8214
    It's a bad habit that can be overcome just like anything else. 
      February 2, 2019 5:57 PM MST
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