Monday, 02 August 2010
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Blinded By The Green Light Of Envy
Everyone’s heard of beer goggles – the misguided perception you acquire after downing a few too many drinks. But what about the envy shades? Just like a good drunken stupor, a state of intense jealousy can retard your brain’s ability to process visual information.
Researchers at the University of Delaware performed a study and found that women who were made to feel jealous were less able to point out targets and images they were asked to find.
Steven Most, a co-author of the study, said that feeling threatened in a romantic relationship affects the way our brain processes visual information. And social emotions like jealousy are the most intense emotions we can feel.
This study concentrated on women and their heterosexual relationships, but researchers are claiming that the “shades of envy” most likely apply to men and other aspects of life that trigger envy, such as careers, wealth, and physical attractiveness.
This is pretty crazy though if you think about it. Our emotions can actually impede our brain’s ability to process visual information. Scary, huh?
They say love is blind, but jealousy’s blinding. I wonder if they offer special Lasik eye surgery for envy.
Have you experienced the shades of envy? Any advice on how to see through their distortions?
See the AOL Health article about this study for more details.
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Comments (2)
I experience this envy on a daily basis and on different levels from being envious of other people's cars, body types, things they own and so forth. I try to squish this green bug by realizing that I am just comparing myself and judging myself and others on just one aspect. Sometimes I think it can be positive if it is seen correctly in guiding us to what our hearts desire.
exactly -- it's better to aspire to things than to merely want them. because aspiring ensures that you work for them/obtain them in your own way. to want something is an "end," and does not ensure a means. merely wanting will lead you to empty promises and feelings of failure and worthlessness.
this, of course, is all my opinion. ;)