Envy feelings: c/d?

Incredibly dud -- as I oughta know having suffered from them terribly at points.

i dunno but ENYA FEELINGS feel like this

http://www.spirited-ireland.net/images/nicola-abroad/arenborn/img/sonne05.jpg

There are always going to be people in the world who seem to have things better than you do (though often things are not as rosy in their world as you might perceive them to be, remember. I bet they have things they wish were better too).

Try not to compare yourself with your 'not so close friend', if at all possible. Have you things in your life for which you can be thankful? You might think it a small consolation to be grateful for your health or your friends or whatever freedoms you have, but it never does any harm to reflect on the good stuff we all take for granted every now and again.

Perhaps you can draw up a plan of how you would like your life to be different, and then see what needs to be done to achieve those goals .... a different career might require getting more qualifications, a more exciting social life might mean making the effort to talk to more people or not turn down invitations, an improved love life might mean learning how to be more confident etc etc blah blah.

Sometimes being proactive and making a plan can help if only because it stops you feeling sad or envious about things, even if it's just temporarily.

thanks for the advice and support, CJ.
some of the things you've mentioned were alraedy on my mind, but its always good to get reassurance.
i'm not giving up on things, and i do have hopes and ideas of improvements, i just hope i wont fail, and be strong enough for whatever will be in the future with my life.

If a locale can have a deadly sin, Martha's Vineyard has envy. Wealthy people have second or third homes here, and we brush up against them, whether we wait on them in restaurants and stores or work in their homes as tradespeople. The envy can be soul-poisoning, and any service-sector person who claims not to be affected is lying.
I'm lucky—I own my home, and probably people are envious of me—but still I envy those who don't have to work, who have better homes, etc, etc.
I think of the fairy tale of the fisherman's wife, who wanted more and more and in the end lost everything.