Two types of jealousy

Most people don't know there are two types of jealousy: reactive and suspicious. Reactive jealousy is when you become aware of an actual threat to your relationship. This threat could have happened years go or it may be anticipated in the future, but the feeling always occurs in response to a realistic danger. Suspicious jealousy arises when your partner hasn't done anything wrong and your suspicions or feelings do not fit the facts at hand.
Suspicious jealousy leads to anger or mistrustful behaviors to confirm your thoughts and suspicions. This distinction is important, because everybody feels reactive jealousy when they realize their partner has been unfaithful or may be distancing themselves from the relationship.
However, people vary in their tendencies to feel suspicious jealousy in the absence of any real danger.
However, people vary in their tendencies to feel suspicious jealousy in the absence of any real danger.