7 Signs Your Friend is Jealous of You

Ever wondered if your friend’s behavior might be driven by jealousy? In this video, we’re uncovering the subtle—and not-so-subtle—signs that your friend might be envious of you. From passive-aggressive comments to subtle shifts in their behavior, we’ll explore seven clear signs of jealousy and envy that you might notice in your friendships.

Understanding these signs can help you navigate your relationships with more insight and empathy, and know when to walk away. Hit the play button to explore the psychology of jealousy in friendships and offer tips for handling these tricky situation.

Writer: Michelle Rivas
Script Manager: Kelly Soong
Voice Over: Brandon
Animator: Ayacchi
YouTube Manager: Cindy Cheong

[LuckyBlast]

"Hurt people hurt people" that is a quote I'll remember. It gives me a bit of empathy for the bad guy ngl

[kenrickbautista]

I rather be alone than be around people who secretly want me to fail. I may not be perfect, but at least I'm straight with people.

[haricodeverse]

Having no friends is far better than having thousands of fake friends😌, trust the time and process and move forward 😊

[garchompelago]

As soon as I notice red flags of a jealous friend, I try to avoid and distance myself from that person.

Jealousy is a seed that would grow into resentment, toxicity and other negative stuff. I have to avoid those people as soon as possible.

[mastablook]

Achievement unlocked: Timestamper

0:42 Competition
1:26 Critical Much
2:08 smear campaign
3:10 Backhanded Compliments
4:09 A form of flattery
5:00 Hot and Cold
5:49 Clingy

You are welcome B)

[wird_kd_s_bck]

I had a friend in middle school who was my ‘best friend’. She would always go around telling my other friends lies, like that I stole something from someone or something like it. She would always gatekeep, gossip or play victim. I’m glad I found better friends

[vanzammerz]

Dealt with all of these
No more headaches having cut them all off.
Solitude for this dude is very refreshing. Loneliness doesn’t occur around toxic people. You value alone time.

[PsychologyPop]

I let go of a 15-year-friendship. The signs of jealousy were there for a long time, but I ‘tried’ to ignore them. Until, she made a comment about one of my kids. That was it for me. That ‘let go’ was 8 years ago. No regret. 👍🏽💕

[CuteEat]

This is literally what's wrong with my current friendships, my friend is jealous of me, being the school topper and I'm jealous because she's the social butterfly

I probably should talk to her 😅

[Gmhfseyhb]

I had a friend for 5 year. She was constantly competitive with me and extremely harsh and critical. She was praying on my downfall. The more I was with her the more I was miserable, and she seemed to like it. As soon as my life would improve, she would seem uninterested and every time we would have an argument (she was extremely demanding, I had to be available 24/7 for her and answer to all her messages and calls within minutes…) something bad would happen to me. She was always complaining and hateful towards strangers. I really regret those 5 years that I gave her my friendship.

[Sunset]

These examples describe a situation I’m in with my sister, not a friend.

[sandiletwala]

Honestly I don't know how to be jealous of anyone at all because I'm only competing with myself and I and whenever my friends become successful I celebrate with them with no pretending because I'm genuinely happy about their successes

[yesyes-ewhl]

Psychedelics are just an exceptional mental health breakthrough. It's quite fascinating how effective they are against depression and anxiety. Saved my life.

[letsbeknowledgeable]

This channel is really good, mental awareness is rly important

[StarzlikesYouTube]

1. Competition 0:42
2. Critical Much 1:25
3. Smear Campaign 2:09
4. Backhanded Compliments 3:09
5. Form of flattery? 4:08
6. Hot and cold 5:01
7. Clingy 5:49

[CarlyChannel]

I was once that jealous friend towards somebody I use to look up to online. We had a pretty good friendship until things began to crumble and they broke my heart, which made me became resentful not just by how they treated me, but the eventual success they got because of me.

This led me into a very unhealthy life style of stalking their socials and bad mouthing them to the point where they had to block me. Now I don’t think about them as often anymore.

I do still have moments where I get a tiny bit jealous of a creator’s success and wishing I had the same stuff like them, but I would have to remind myself that it’ll come eventually and that I should focus on myself. It’s painful, but I’m only human.

[V_haunting_in_the_comments]

If you clicked on this to make sure, they have every reason you be jealous of you. You’re literally the best person and nothing will deny that. ❤

[servanunal]

Hurt people hurt people is a very dangerous generalization. This kind of careless compassion is a very common form of toxic positivitism I keep on hearing lately. You do not have to make amends with toxic people. You are allowed to cut them off, and you are allowed to not explain yourself, and you are allowed to not give them a chance or benefit of the doubt.

[ArtairMcKinley]

I’m a content creator and the hardest lesson I had to learn was not every person following me is supportive nor does everyone in my circle actually want the best for me. I’ve had to disassociate with so many “friends” because they were discreetly envious of my success and it hurts because I’ve always cheered them on and wanted the best.

After hearing another content creator say, “People will only support you until they start perceiving your success as a threat. Then they’ll begin to resent you”, I started paying real close attention to the way my at the time “friends” interacted with me. Unfortunately had to cut them off too.

Edit: I had this one particular “friend” who actually ended up doing everything in this video, step by step in sequential order which lead to me disconnecting from them, except it go so bad to the point people started approaching me with concern wondering if I was aware of everything that was happening. Of course I was and attempted to initiate conversation about it but it got way too weird to even attempt salvaging the friendship.

[veronikatomioka]

Now that I watched this I start to understand why I often question myself "Why do I start to hate my friends so much?" or "Why am I pulling an all nighter for 4 days again to get ahead of her in a story quest or book". I do think she rubs her rich father's money in my face and I often wish for her life style. I've known her for two years but this last semester I felt an immense amount of anger when I looked at a new post of her's or a story. I'm really glad you make these types of videos it often helps me realise that maybe I'm the problem in the friendship and I should maybe try and confront them. But sometimes (knowing her) I feel like she would just laugh at my words. She often called me dumb while I was explaining a theory or a classical book's point.

(Also, I apologize for any grammatical mistakes i'm really trying to improve my english and being the class topper in an other language is not enough, sorry if i used wierd phrases)