<p> <span>In this article, you will learn about the following</span></p><p>-<b data-redactor-tag="b">12 Types of People - who feel Schadenfreude</b> – feeling happy at other's misfortune OR envious looking at others' success and happiness </p><p>-<b data-redactor-tag="b">12 Triggers – that may start the feeling of Schadenfreude – feeling happy at another's bad phase</b></p><p><b data-redactor-tag="b">-15 Strategies -How to break feeling happy in other's misfortune or Schadenfreude</b></p><p>-<b data-redactor-tag="b">9 Tips to identify – whether you too feel glad and enjoy other people's misfortune and have Schadenfreude</b></p><p><b data-redactor-tag="b">-7 ways emotionally insecure people react – when feeling Schadenfreude</b></p><p>-<b data-redactor-tag="b">18 Causes of Schadenfreude Environment – where a large mass of the majority – is enjoying the torture and suppression of minorities and helpless people</b></p><p><b data-redactor-tag="b">Why We Sometimes Find Joy in Other People's Misfortune</b></p><p><b data-redactor-tag="b">Did you ever experience - joy, satisfaction, and happiness</b> – at someone's mistake, failure, blunder, setback, or misery?</p><p><b data-redactor-tag="b">OR</b></p><p><b data-redactor-tag="b"></b><strong data-redactor-tag="strong" data-verified="redactor">Do You Feel Joy in Other People's Misfortune Or Feel Bad When Others are Successful OR Have Accomplishments OR are Happy OR Have Great Qualities that You Wish You Had BUT Don't</strong> </p><p>There is a German word <em data-redactor-tag="em"><b data-redactor-tag="b">Schadenfreude</b></em> [pronunciation - <span class="Jzw6hb MGo7Ad" data-redactor-tag="span" data-redactor-class="Jzw6hb MGo7Ad" data-verified="redactor"><span class="RES9jf BBwThe J0Lbuc" data-redactor-tag="span" data-redactor-class="RES9jf BBwThe J0Lbuc" data-verified="redactor">shaa</span><span class="acmyv" data-redactor-tag="span" data-redactor-class="acmyv" data-verified="redactor">·</span></span><span class="Jzw6hb MGo7Ad" data-redactor-tag="span" data-redactor-class="Jzw6hb MGo7Ad" data-verified="redactor"><span class="RES9jf J0Lbuc" data-redactor-tag="span" data-redactor-class="RES9jf J0Lbuc" data-verified="redactor">duhn</span><span class="acmyv" data-redactor-tag="span" data-redactor-class="acmyv" data-verified="redactor">·</span></span><span class="Jzw6hb MGo7Ad" data-redactor-tag="span" data-redactor-class="Jzw6hb MGo7Ad" data-verified="redactor"><span class="RES9jf J0Lbuc" data-redactor-tag="span" data-redactor-class="RES9jf J0Lbuc" data-verified="redactor">froy</span><span class="acmyv" data-redactor-tag="span" data-redactor-class="acmyv" data-verified="redactor">·</span></span><span class="Jzw6hb MGo7Ad" data-redactor-tag="span" data-redactor-class="Jzw6hb MGo7Ad" data-verified="redactor"><span class="RES9jf J0Lbuc" data-redactor-tag="span" data-redactor-class="RES9jf J0Lbuc" data-verified="redactor">duh ]</span></span>– <b data-redactor-tag="b">which means enjoying other people's misfortunes.</b></p><p><b data-redactor-tag="b">If you are honest with yourself – you might discover experiencing a few incidences of both the above emotions.</b></p><p>In many cases for many people –<b data-redactor-tag="b">this feeling comes and goes and then you move on with the important priorities of your life.</b></p><p><b data-redactor-tag="b">But if you constantly find yourself –experiencing – Envy, Resentment, anger and all other negative emotional states</b> – can indicate a serious mental health condition needing immediate attention.</p><p><b data-redactor-tag="b">Most of us - want to be liked, respected, admired, appreciated, and recognized</b> – <b data-redactor-tag="b">BUT when this becomes the cause of your existence and your motivation for doing things – then Schadenfreude starts</b>.</p><p><b data-redactor-tag="b">Competent and emotionally secure people may not get this feeling</b> -<b data-redactor-tag="b">BUT incompetent, unsuccessful, emotionally- insecure people with questionable values and dubious education</b> WOULD FIND - <b data-redactor-tag="b">glee at successful people's failures.</b></p><p><b data-redactor-tag="b">Most people are not comfortable facing and thinking about their flaws, weaknesses, and lacunae</b> – people of this disposition justify their faults By Enjoying other people's misfortunes.</p><p>Sometimes you may experience a sense of satisfaction <b data-redactor-tag="b">- when hypocrites are exposed - you may also get the feeling of triumph in seeing your rival lose out.</b></p><p>These feelings come involuntarily - <b data-redactor-tag="b">It is possible to identify repeated themes of feelings of entitlements – by understanding your own tendency to engage in social comparison</b>. </p><p><b data-redactor-tag="b">If you feel jealous and bad about someone's success, growth, and happiness</b> – especially when you are yourself going through a very tough, challenging, and bad phase – up to a<b data-redactor-tag="b"> certain degree this can be attributed to human nature.</b></p><p><b data-redactor-tag="b">Fortunes and misfortunes that increase inequality can elicit unpleasant emotions</b> - whereas those that reduce inequality can produce pleasant emotions.</p><p><b data-redactor-tag="b">Those who have the emotional-mental-psychological temperament or nature of – being and feeling</b> - envy, jealousy, resentment, and feeling bad about other's happiness OR <b data-redactor-tag="b">feeling jubilant of other people's troubles.</b></p><p><b data-redactor-tag="b">It is the most wretched, deplorable, pitiful, and pathetic mental-emotional state to have – for anyone.</b></p><p><b data-redactor-tag="b">Because this person will not only remain miserable himself/herself – BUT also make it unparalleled misery</b> - for those people too<b data-redactor-tag="b">– who have the bad luck of being thrown together with this person.</b></p><p><b data-redactor-tag="b">People with this type of mindset and personality </b>–<b data-redactor-tag="b">sabotage and damage</b> – whatever is good existed before they got involved.</p><p><b data-redactor-tag="b">It becomes a serious issue and Problem - When this turns into a</b> <b data-redactor-tag="b">Social-Sadism</b> <b data-redactor-tag="b">this malicious behavior spreads and the mistreatment of hapless and helpless people becomes a practice</b>.</p><p><b data-redactor-tag="b">Unfortunately – in India – the number of people with this mindset has increased beyond imagination</b> – in - <b data-redactor-tag="b">disproportionately large numbers in the last few years. </b></p><p><b data-redactor-tag="b">Many factors are responsible for this situation – BUT - mostly this happens</b> - <b data-redactor-tag="b">because of the deep insecurities and inferiorities stemming out of – a lack of proper qualifications, education, values, meaningful work, an attitude of quick gratifications, not having meaningful goals and dreams, and GETTING brainwashed by unscrupulous people with dangerous</b> hidden agendas.</p><p><b data-redactor-tag="b">Logic defies -Why people are succumbing or acquiring or getting taken by this harmful disposition</b> – but it is happening due to a great mass buying-in and falling for a very toxic ideology.</p><p><b data-redactor-tag="b">This environment has made – even people who got qualifications from the best institutions </b>– also start milking the system and satisfy their vile-evil hidden aspirations and agendas.</p><p><b data-redactor-tag="b">The mass [especially the critical chunk whose votes actually elect the ruling class]</b> – is surprisingly happy to <b data-redactor-tag="b">receive and live on freebies AND are least bothered by their economic down-slide towards poverty [in fact they are more taken in by the concocted and fictitious 1000 years</b> back-past than their present and the future of their children.</p><p><b data-redactor-tag="b">The social-media nowadays is playing a major role – in triggering this type of harmful thinking habits</b> – especially among those who have very low self-esteem.</p><p><b data-redactor-tag="b">Many of these people may actively look for stories of other peoples' failures – AND – because their number is large – The Misinformation, the disinformation, the fake news, The Whatsapp & Facebook Universities are doing extremely well in India</b>.</p><p><b data-redactor-tag="b">9 Tips to identify – whether you too feel glad and enjoy other people's misfortune and have Schadenfreude</b> –Please answer the following truthfully, honestly, and objectively.</p> <ul><li>1. <b data-redactor-tag="b">Do you feel happy seeing the</b> misfortune/tragedy/failures of others </li> <li>2. <b data-redactor-tag="b">Do You feel bad seeing</b> the success and happiness of others </li> <li>3. <b data-redactor-tag="b">Do you tend to downplay</b> other's success or tell others that it was a chance or fluke thing</li> <li>4. <b data-redactor-tag="b">Do you think that because of other's successes,</b> You are not succeeding</li> <li>5. <b data-redactor-tag="b">Does someone's positive qualities, skills, knowledge, education, wealth and competencies</b> <b data-redactor-tag="b">make you feel inferior</b> AND trigger anger towards them</li> <li>6. <b data-redactor-tag="b">Do you find yourself praying for other's failures</b> more than your success </li> <li>7. <b data-redactor-tag="b">Do you think your current miseries are the result of 1000</b> years back <b data-redactor-tag="b">fictitious and purported mythical</b> wrongs done </li> <li>8. <b data-redactor-tag="b">Do you want to sabotage</b> [say materialistic assets of people whom you find superior to yourself </li> <li>9. <b data-redactor-tag="b">Do you think of yourself as a victim often</b>?</li></ul> <p><b data-redactor-tag="b">Then ASK YOURSELF -Which of these reaction is worse? AND - What happens when you react in any of this manner?</b> - <b data-redactor-tag="b">Does this emotional disposition lead</b> – to positivity, growth, success, happiness, relationships, well-being, your emotional-mental-physical-financial states</p><p><b data-redactor-tag="b">18 Causes of Schadenfreude Environment – where a large mass of the majority – is enjoying the torture and suppression of minorities and helpless people</b></p> <ul><li><b data-redactor-tag="b">1. </b><b data-redactor-tag="b">State-sponsored, state-funded, and all the executive-media-judiciary supported – spreading of hatred, divisiveness, religious-intolerance</b></li> <li>2. Lack of job creation – <b data-redactor-tag="b">no investment in emerging technologies or creating new disruptive technologies</b></li> <li><b data-redactor-tag="b">3. Large-scale</b><b data-redactor-tag="b"> reduction in available work</b> – because of a multitude of factors including – <b data-redactor-tag="b">political, technological, economic, and global trends</b></li> <li>4. <b data-redactor-tag="b">Most ineffective school/college education – which is churning out Graduates, Postgraduates, PhDs, and Professionals</b> – without any job-fit capabilities</li> <li>5. <b data-redactor-tag="b">Massive Increase in Religious Fanaticism - </b>Religion has acquired more importance than – wellbeing, education, growth, success, harmony</li> <li>6. <b data-redactor-tag="b">Criminals are running all the shows OR controlling almost all aspects of business, economic decision-making, and law agencies</b></li> <li>7. <b data-redactor-tag="b">Mobocracy is slowly taking over the everyday lives of normal people and interfering and trying to control </b>- what they eat, read, have relationships, etc., etc. The list can go on</li> <li><b data-redactor-tag="b">8. </b><b data-redactor-tag="b">Almost all the big independent regulatory institutions are FOLLOWING, supporting, and participating</b> – in eliminating dissent, <b data-redactor-tag="b">crushing truth, and hiding/suppressing the real data</b></li> <li><b data-redactor-tag="b">9. </b><b data-redactor-tag="b">Most of the academic institutions are being headed by radically inspired people</b></li> <li><b data-redactor-tag="b">10. </b><b data-redactor-tag="b">Almost all the Bureaucracy-executive-judiciary</b> [the 80-20 principals do not work for these categories at least in India] <b data-redactor-tag="b">are active participants in promoting this environment </b></li> <li><b data-redactor-tag="b">11. </b><b data-redactor-tag="b">The media is being used to brain-wash and spread fake-manufactured disinformation</b></li> <li><b data-redactor-tag="b">12. </b><b data-redactor-tag="b">Criminals are being worshipped and applauded and elected and rewarded – in large numbers</b> – it has assumed such a large proportion <b data-redactor-tag="b">that now the people HAVE become immune to this AS LONG AS THEY ARE SAFE</b></li> <li><b data-redactor-tag="b">13. </b>New laws are getting enacted – <b data-redactor-tag="b">which may make the country the 1970s USSAR, China, and the Iron Countries</b></li> <li>14. <b data-redactor-tag="b">Grandstanding, Whataboutery, Psychological-Projection, and Hypocrisy are being used along with the public funds</b> – to create new history and to make something that was never their AS TRUTH</li> <li>15. <b data-redactor-tag="b">Lack of meritocracy – which is probably causing an exodus of in an ever-increasing number of talented people to seek out opportunities abroad</b> AND also the exceedingly large number of people trying for illegal migration to developed countries </li> <li>16. <b data-redactor-tag="b">Massive Increase in the number of people demanding and expecting - certain category-based entitlements</b> – whether it is getting admission or getting a job or even getting a promotion </li> <li>17. <b data-redactor-tag="b">Increasing number of people falling into poverty and the gap between rich & poor is widening more and more -</b> AS A RESULT only 1% are controlling 80%+ wealth, land, power, and any other relevant thing</li> <li>18. <b data-redactor-tag="b">People can't differentiate and know the difference between Patriotism</b>[highly positive] & Nationalism [Highly Toxic and harmful]</li></ul> <p><b data-redactor-tag="b">12 Types of People - who feel Schadenfreude</b> – <b data-redactor-tag="b">those who feel happy at other's misfortune OR feel envious looking at others' success and happiness </b>[indicative list not an exhaustive one]</p> <ul><li><b data-redactor-tag="b">1. </b><b data-redactor-tag="b">Deeply Emotionally insecure people – most of the following reasons comes from this reason itself</b></li> <li>2. <b data-redactor-tag="b">People who have very low social status find it very stressful </b>– so they start taking pleasure in other's misfortune</li> <li><b data-redactor-tag="b">3. </b><b data-redactor-tag="b">Most people who don't want to work YET want to have everything the most successful and happy people possess</b></li> <li><b data-redactor-tag="b">4. </b><b data-redactor-tag="b">People with a high sense of entitlement</b></li> <li><b data-redactor-tag="b">5. </b><b data-redactor-tag="b">People who have – what you may call – a loser's mindset</b></li> <li><b data-redactor-tag="b">6. </b><b data-redactor-tag="b">People who don't have much - self-pride, self-worth, self-esteem</b></li> <li>7. <b data-redactor-tag="b">People who compare – unequally with those – who possess highly desirable qualities, or enjoy advantages</b> that they desire for themselves</li> <li><b data-redactor-tag="b">8. </b><b data-redactor-tag="b">People when they are in a misfortune trap – those who are facing long phases of ill-luck, a series of illness</b></li> <li>9. <b data-redactor-tag="b">Those who want to justify their failures, lack of effort, and mistakes </b>– choose to find ways to harm the people who have become successful after a long period of struggle</li> <li>10 . <b data-redactor-tag="b">People who don't see the real efforts and series of failures that this successful person has gone through</b> – they just feel that the successful person got it through blind fate</li> <li>11. <b data-redactor-tag="b">People because of their own insecurity are involved in gossip and office politics and backbiting –</b> to pass time or to justify their failures and to satisfy their vile-evil nature </li> <li>12. <b data-redactor-tag="b">Many times – people who are not competent – may use one-off incidents</b> – to create a bad impression of a person who is capable and successful</li></ul> <p><b data-redactor-tag="b">12 Triggers – that may start the feeling of Schadenfreude – feeling happy at other's bad phase [indicative list not an exhaustive one]</b></p> <ul><li>1. <b data-redactor-tag="b">When some powerful has harmed you or hurt you and you feel helpless in taking revenge</b> – and this person experiences a setback or failure or downfall</li> <li>2. <b data-redactor-tag="b">When on social media – you find someone getting</b> – solid popularity that you yourself desire</li> <li>3. <b data-redactor-tag="b">When someone you are jealous and envious of a celebrity</b>– who suffers a setback, or an embarrassing faux-pox </li> <li>4. <b data-redactor-tag="b">In the sport you take pleasure in the defeat, or poor performance, or in the disappointment of their fans </b>– when your rivals lose </li> <li>5. <b data-redactor-tag="b">When a colleague gets promoted</b> [on merit] <b data-redactor-tag="b">and you are not</b> – AND - <b data-redactor-tag="b">they make mistakes or get public hammering for making mistakes</b> ALTHOUGH they are doing something big as an additional responsibility and initiative</li> <li><b data-redactor-tag="b">6. </b><b data-redactor-tag="b">When you see – another person's failure - as an opportunity for yourself to shine</b></li> <li><b data-redactor-tag="b">7. </b><b data-redactor-tag="b">When It is not enough for you to succeed - others must fail</b></li> <li><b data-redactor-tag="b">8. </b><b data-redactor-tag="b">When you feel that the other person is perceived to deserve the misfortune</b></li> <li>9. <b data-redactor-tag="b">When you feel that – the only way for your social status to improve is for someone else to lower theirs</b> – and <b data-redactor-tag="b">when you see someone mess up in ways that cause them to lose face, and thus lose social status</b> - you feel immense joy and satisfaction – although it did nothing to enhance your own status</li> <li>10. <b data-redactor-tag="b">When you feel less and less self-control and as a result of feeling self-respect</b> – you have Schadenfreude – which gives you a temporary sense of control and superiority</li> <li>11. <b data-redactor-tag="b">When your feelings of pleasure happen – because you believe that this person deserves downfall</b> - due to the past injustices and wrongs done by them</li> <li><b data-redactor-tag="b">12. </b><b data-redactor-tag="b">When your feeling of pleasure gets triggered by your own guilt and shame </b></li></ul> <p><b data-redactor-tag="b">9 ways emotionally insecure people react – when feeling Schadenfreude – again indicative list</b></p> <ul><li>1. <b data-redactor-tag="b">By damaging the property and material possessions of people who are more</b> - successful, wealthy, popular, and educated than themselves</li> <li>2. <b data-redactor-tag="b">By trying to damage the reputation</b> -<b data-redactor-tag="b"> of people who – are MORE</b> - successful, wealthy, popular, and educated than themselves</li> <li>3. <b data-redactor-tag="b">By spreading rumors and fake news</b> about <b data-redactor-tag="b">people who are more</b> - successful, wealthy, popular, and educated than themselves</li> <li>4. <b data-redactor-tag="b">By engaging in clear defamation, character assassination, and spreading malicious rumors</b> - <b data-redactor-tag="b">of people – MORE</b> - successful, wealthy, popular, and educated than themselves</li> <li>5. <b data-redactor-tag="b">By using all power and force to cause</b> maximum damage to these people</li> <li>6. <b data-redactor-tag="b">By giving passive-aggressive treatment</b> to cause maximum pain</li> <li><b data-redactor-tag="b">7. </b><b data-redactor-tag="b">By punishing them for using all their power, position, and connections to sabotage </b></li> <li>8. <b data-redactor-tag="b">By making it their focus on taking revenge for their own lack of success, happiness, and growth</b> FROM those who have created these through hard work</li> <li>9. <b data-redactor-tag="b">By trying to create a false </b><b data-redactor-tag="b">Grandiose</b><b data-redactor-tag="b"> image of themselves– through</b> – photoshopped Videos, photo-shoot through controlled parameters of qualities they never have</li></ul> <p><b data-redactor-tag="b">15 Strategies -How to break feeling happy in other's misfortune or Schadenfreude</b> – by start feeling joy in other's success - It is SO IMPORTANT - Why?[<b data-redactor-tag="b">in my next article</b>]</p> <ul><li>1. <b data-redactor-tag="b">Develop empathy to understand and relate to others' experiences</b> - by <b data-redactor-tag="b">actively celebrating others' successes and supporting them </b>when they are going through challenging times and having crises and setbacks</li> <li>2. <b data-redactor-tag="b">Recognize that everyone faces challenges</b> – today they are facing – tomorrow you may face</li> <li><b data-redactor-tag="b">3. </b><b data-redactor-tag="b">Understand the fact - If you support and show compassion now – tomorrow You may need it from these very people</b></li> <li>4. <b data-redactor-tag="b">Learn to Focus your mind on the positives you have today – identify which blessings you should be grateful for</b> – this in itself is a great tool to stop feeling pleasure and joy in others' misfortunes</li> <li><b data-redactor-tag="b">5. </b><b data-redactor-tag="b">Find ways to collaborate and help those in need </b></li> <li>6. <b data-redactor-tag="b">Enable the creation of an environment where success is celebrated collectively rather than individually</b>.</li> <li>7. <b data-redactor-tag="b">Create a shared vision - use also your vision to build excitement, shared ownership, and team identity</b> - to get people to rally behind a common goal or vision</li> <li><b data-redactor-tag="b">8. </b><b data-redactor-tag="b">Learn to build mutual appreciation</b></li> <li>9. <b data-redactor-tag="b">Identify your Schadenfreude tendencies</b> – of feeling happy in others' ill fortune - <b data-redactor-tag="b">because ONLY when you examine and analyze and become aware of your emotional reactions</b> – you can work towards personal growth, empathy, and a more positive outlook in your life.</li> <li>10. <b data-redactor-tag="b">Understand that There are a lot of ways to improve your social status</b> – rather than pulling others down OR painting a false picture AND wearing a mask of someone else</li> <li>11. <b data-redactor-tag="b">Understand that by identifying and using the basics of success, growth, advancement, happiness, relationship, and wealth creation</b> - You can achieve great feats of athleticism, success, and growth in your profession and business, have the biggest and best house, have the latest gadget and so on. </li> <li>12. <b data-redactor-tag="b">Instead of feeling jealous of envy – learn to feel inspired to learn and acquire those qualities that make t</b>hem who they are</li> <li>13. Practice having - objective and fair values and practices – <b data-redactor-tag="b">which does not have biases and impartiality</b></li> <li><b data-redactor-tag="b">14. </b><b data-redactor-tag="b">Develop a win-win perspective and collaborative approach</b></li> <li><b data-redactor-tag="b">15. </b><b data-redactor-tag="b">Overcome feeling good by putting down or insulting people in public</b></li></ul> <p><b data-redactor-tag="b">From Gloating to Growing 15 Strategies to Crush Your Schadenfreude Habit Know 12 Types Who Secretly Celebrate Your Downfall</b></p><p><b data-redactor-tag="b">What Sparks the Malicious Glee of Schadenfreude?</b></p><p><b data-redactor-tag="b">How Emotionally Fragile People React to Schadenfreude</b></p><p><b data-redactor-tag="b">Beyond Bullies: Unveiling the 18 Societal Causes of Schadenfreude's Dark Reign</b></p><p><b data-redactor-tag="b">The 12 Faces of Schadenfreude: Who Feels Joy at Others' Pain?</b></p><p><b data-redactor-tag="b">What Sparks the Dark Joy of Misfortune?</b></p><p><b data-redactor-tag="b">From Envy to Empathy: 15 Strategies to Break Free from Schadenfreude</b></p><p><b data-redactor-tag="b">9 Signs You Secretly Enjoy Others' Misery</b></p><p><b data-redactor-tag="b">15 Ways to Ditch the Joy of Others' Misfortune</b></p><p><b data-redactor-tag="b">What Sparks That Secret Smile When Others Fail?</b></p><p><b data-redactor-tag="b">#</b>Schadenfreude, #whyyoufeelenvyjealousy #creatingpositivityforpersonalgrowth, #selfrflectionforyouremotionalwellbeing, #socialpsychology, #darkpsychology, #societalinjustices, #triggersofSchadenfreude, #overcomingyourSchadenfreude, #typesof peoplewithemotionalinsecurities, #causesofsocietaloppression, #avoidingtoxicjoy</p><p><b data-redactor-tag="b">Meta Tags </b></p><p><b data-redactor-tag="b">Description:</b> Feeling a thrill when others stumble? 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