MindA reader dealing with jealousy of a friend is given a host of scientifically sourced ways to help from our advice columnist David Robson 26 February 2025 I just cant help feeling bitter about what theyve achievedDavid Litschel/AlamyIt is all too human to feel a little jealous of others success, but what can we do when those feelings threaten to overcome us? One reader this month describes some serious resentment at a friends promotion: I just cant help feeling bitter about what theyve achieved.The obvious solution to envy would be to avoid comparing ourselves to the people around us, but that is easier said than done. Humans are social creatures who evolved in hierarchies, and our standing within a group would have