 Is there someone in your life who's been acting strange lately? Everyone's experienced jealousy at some point, whether it's being envious of the best student in class or a friend who's gotten more popular recently. It's a natural feeling you're bound to experience. However, sometimes when this feeling grows out of proportion, it can often impact someone's outward behavior and interaction with others. Does this remind you of someone in your life? Well, here are seven signs someone is extremely jealous of you. Number one, they're constantly trying to bring you down. Have you ever been excited to share your good news with someone only to be faced with a negative reaction? Perhaps you told your friend that you've gotten that promotion you've been dreaming of, but they turned it into a bad thing. Instead of praising you for your hard work and talent, they may say that it happened because your boss just favored you more or because there was no other person to promote. According to counselor, educator and suicidologist Arya Baker, an envious person who can't find legitimate flaws in their target will detract from their target's legability or attempt to humble them by wielding any criticism. So you'll know that someone is jealous of you if they're always going out of their way to make you feel guilty, undeserving or invalid of your accomplishments and success. Number two, they don't respect your decisions. Envious people have a tendency to manipulate those they target into feeling like they're making the wrong choices, when in actuality, they're just jealous of you achieving your goals. Out of spite, they might gaslight you into feeling like the positive situation you're in or heading towards is actually doing more harm to you than good. Their goal is to criticize your judgment, foster your self-doubt and diminish your self-confidence so that you feel less capable of making the right decision. In these moments, it's important to remind yourself that you know yourself best. You make the calls here. Number three, they avoid you after the good things. Can you recall a time when you shared a piece of good news with a friend and they didn't respond at all? They may go as far as to distance themselves or disappear for a few days or months from you. As shared earlier, feelings of envy can be extremely consuming as it's a cry for help or a need for attention due to insecurity, self-doubt and lack of self-confidence. If someone's been awfully quiet since a recent celebration in your life, it's likely that spending time with you has worsened their feelings of inadequacy and pain within themselves. This behavior of refusing to celebrate your success is not a reflection of you, but rather how they feel about themselves internally. Number four, they're always attempting to one-up you. Have you ever shared positive news with someone and they responded by sharing something bigger and better to try to outdo what you've got going on in life? If you got a new car, they may mention that they also got the latest model of the same thing. If you get a raise, they may talk about how much money they earn at their current position. The need to constantly one-up you comes from an obsession with class and status. Envious people tend to be attracted by the superficial elements in life, such as material items, physical features and social status and likability. They see your accomplishments as a threat to their social standing, prompting them to upstage you in any way they can. Number five, their compliments are backhanded. Does it feel fake when they compliment you? People who are jealous often give compliments that aren't very genuine. Instead, it can feel like insults and criticisms disguised as flattering comments. These often come from a place of ignorance, some form of arrogance and egotism and a lack of self-security. According to a series of studies at Harvard Business School, while people intend backhanded compliments to increase their likability and status at the same time, the givers come across as less sincere, less attractive, more condescending and even less competent than those who offer a traditional compliment. It's a tactic to hurt you while trying to come across as interested and concerned. Number six, they celebrate your failures. Envious people can sometimes be unhealthily invested in keeping up with where you're at in life by monitoring your success and achievements closely. This is so they can catch you when you trip or fall in life. Any example of your seemingly poor performance feeds their insecurity and ego. Similarly, you may also notice that they won't offer any support and encouragement to you in an attempt to discourage you from pursuing your goals further. If you notice that this so-called friend or loved one in your life is acting oddly unaffected or even happy about a struggle you may be experiencing in life, they're most likely jealous of you and are projecting this behavior as a result. And number seven, they scrutinize you while imitating your admirable traits and characteristics. Envious people are always paying close attention to their targets, ironically copying the very things they critique them for. They may express that your dressing style is too over the top, but then start upgrading their wardrobe to classier fits. They may criticize you for being excessively hardworking and then try to improve their own work ethic to exceed you. As written in psychology today, this preoccupancy and social comparison against their target ultimately leads to them using the target they diminish in private as the same criteria for elevating their public or social image. They're in a way your secret admirer. Their goal is to be just like you, if not better. So is there someone who is jealous of you? Let us know in the comments below. If you found this video helpful, be sure to like, subscribe, and share this video with those who might benefit from it. And don't forget to hit the notification bell icon to get notified whenever Psych2Go posts a new video. The references and studies used in this video are added in the description below. Thanks for watching and see you in our next video.