Healthy competition between people can be good, but when you’re feeling unhappy when others achieve success or feel the need to constantly one-up their accomplishments, you may be experiencing envy. Signs of envy include: - You aren’t happy for others when they achieve success. - Another person’s success makes you feel unhappy. - You feel the need to diminish someone else’s success. - You judge others negatively. - You are happy when others face setbacks.