Jealous or affectionate: which wife are you?

Jealousy has the power to give an extra flavor to a love relationship. However, like all seasoning, it is important that you and your husband dose this feeling in the same proportion. “The problem is that sometimes the situation gets out of control”, warns Marisol Sendin, a psychiatrist specializing in children and adolescents at the Institute of Psychiatry at the University of São Paulo (USP).

She points out that the jealous person can be extremely insecure, or the person who causes jealousy passes on an image of a seducer and, even without being unfaithful, ends up disturbing his partner with his extroverted behavior. The secret is to pay attention to your actions.: if you think you’re too affectionate and overzealous, you might actually be smothering your husband! And that’s not healthy for anyone.

Some little secrets can help at this time. Give it space to have a life of its own, for example. You, on the other hand, must also be distracted: go out with your friends, discover other pleasures besides marriage! “If your partner’s freedom bothers you too much, talk to a psychologist”, suggests Marisol.