[quote]1: Do you suffer from jealousy on a regular basis? 2: Have you ever acted out in a ridiculous manner due to such an emotion? 3: Have you ever dated someone who was, by your definition, EXTREMELY jealous and how did that work out for you?[/quote] 1: No. Not any more. I certainly did when I was younger. Then I recognized that my feelings of jealousy came from my own fears of loss, inadequacy or loss of control, and I faced those fears and continue to face then whenever they may come up. 2: Oh definitely. When I was younger and didn't understand the root cause of those feelings. 3: When I was younger and had those feelings, I was usually the one in the relationship who had them. It was seeing them in my partner that allowed me to come to the understanding of where those feelings (in myself) originated. They were a sort of mirror that allowed me to see it at work in them, and realize what was happening to me when I was experiencing those feelings. When you have them yourself, you are usually too involved in the feelings/reactions that you are having to even TRY to examine them. Seeing them in someone else helped me to identify the trigger(s) and reactions I was having, and then control them (better and better each time).