But there’s a fundamental rift between what they see as relevant and what we feel as relevant.

It
takes time, mindfulness, and practice to learn to distinguish between what emotions are being
triggered from the past and what emotions are inspired and relevant to the current situation. (By
relevant I don’t mean invalid, they are real emotions, but there is a difference between emotions
from the past and emotions inspired for a separate event.)

It’s important to learn to recognize this because unfortunately Irrational Jealousy is often combined
with its friends Destructive Jealousy and Controlling Jealousy. But we’re not gonna go there yet.
Then we’ll look at some causes for this.
Between what we see as relevant and what they actually feel. It really takes time and mutual
understanding, mindfulness and practice to learn to distinguish between what emotions are being
triggered from her past (family or partner relationships) and what emotions are inspired and relevant to
her current situation. It’s important to learn to recognize this things with my patient because
unfortunately irrational jealousy and ineffective impulse control is often combined with its friends,
destructive and controlling jealousy. Moreover, resolving my patients trust issue and identifying its
cause and understanding her behaviors would be a great step in helping my patient with her current
condition