You may have also done some research but come up short. You can read all about my retroactive jealousy and how I got it here. And there may also be some legitimate reason for them.
A sufferer is very likely to act out and wind up doing destructive things that jeopardize the relationship. These include extreme jealousy disorder symptoms like:.
The fact that retroactive jealousy is concerned with events that have already happened, often a long time ago in the past, means it can be very hard to shake. That moment before you knew anything about his ex girlfriend. He was still the same person then as he is now, right? This then snowballs into a series of repetitive thoughts , emotions and behaviors , collectively which come together to form retroactive jealousy OCD. However, when the mind identifies a little too strongly with the ego and listens to it too much, it can cause problems.
Every bad emotion, argument, fight and war can trace its origins back to the ego. This is because it represents a very black and white view of the world which, in trying to protect us and the things we value, actually does nothing but hold us back and cause pain and suffering. Your partner and his ex girlfriend, of course, get wrapped up by your ego into this rigid sense of self. So, when it perceives a threat to your relationship , i. Your ego is merely tricking you into believing you are.
It means your mind is functioning normally and is just trying to protect you, as it should. The problem arises, though, when the ego takes over, balloons this perceived threat out of all proportion and traps the mind in a prison of repetitive, unwanted thoughts, emotions and behaviors.
