Why am I competitive with my bestie?

Anonymous
I've got a few best friends, but this one recent bestie inspires competitive feelings in me for some reason. I always feel the need to compete with her and prove I'm better somehow; for guys attention, relationships, even our university degrees. I've always thought she's perfect; she has the perfect life. She's an actual model while I'm ok-pretty, so when we go out together she gets loads of random attention that I don't get. She's also a really overly nice person. The only thing I have over her is I have a boyfriend and she doesn't, but even that doesn't help. I have to admit that in the past I got with her crush to "prove" that I could do what she does.

I'm also smarter than her, and I feel myself always telling her that to try and make myself feel less bad about myself. I find myself wanting to compete mainly with girls that I think are beautiful. I don't think I am that beautiful but I'm not ugly either.

Why do I feel this need to compete with her or people like her?
Why am I competitive with my bestie?
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