How patient are you?

[Alex]

I will hold my hand up and say I am impatient, and as I have got older I'm still impatient but I hide it better. Sometimes we have to learn to be patient, but it doesn't come easily when you are anxious. I have met a few patient people in my time (so far) and they have inspired me, and showed me that it is possible and healthier to be patient as being impatient leads to stress and anxiety.


I have no golden cure for this, except learning with life, and as you get older you realize there really is no rush because it's not the end of the world.

 

[Panic57]

I am very patient about getting the things I want. Just to save money on shipping, I can wait a month for something to go through customs, Though my patience can be a problem because I'll miss out because I don't always go aggressively after all the things I want. I do think that the older I get, the more I find a balance between going for the things I want and knowing when to be patient.

 

[111kg]

It really depends what I am doing. If it's important for me, hell yeah I will be more patient that normal, but if it is not, I will lose my temper pretty easy. For instance, I really hate to stay in line for something, or to wait for someone from the support service for more than 2-3 minutes to talk to me.

 

[kelden]

I'm veery patient, when you live too close with others, I had to become monk-like patient in order to keep my sanity with me.

 

[dreamseer]

I used to be the most patient person ever, but since having PTSD, and anxiety, I find myself being less and less patient. Its like I can go from one extreme to the next in a matter of seconds.

 

[WorkAtHomeGal]

I have been told I have the patience of a saint apparently. And in truth I am very kind and patience but sometimes I like others get a short fuse or annoyed and may get impatient. I try not to be that way but it always depends on what I am doing as well.

 

[kgord]

I am not patient at all. I think it is my achilles heel actually, or one of them. I have more than one. Patience is great, it is a virtue, and there is a saying "That all good things come to those who wait." I try to work on my patience because not being patient has caused me to make many mistakes in my life. It is more than anxiety, it is simply impatience, that causes problems for me really.

 

[DylanRowan]

Very patient actually. I don't really care about what is going on around me as long as I can maintain my current state (whatever I am doing at the moment). There are times when I fake being impatient, but I am surprised about how patient I am.

 

[Aree Wongwanlee]

I used to be a very patient person. If someone says something bad about me, I will just keep quiet. In fact, it may be days before I can come up with a reply. Now that I am much older, I am getting less patient. The main reason is that I feel that I don't have that much time left to be patient. If someone is disagreeable, I would disassociate myself from him. He may actually turn out to be alright but I am not going to wait around to find out. It's so much easier to just go with the people I can click with right away. Sure, this leaves me with not that many friends, but then again, why do I need that many friends?

 

[hades_leae]

IT just depends on the situation, like if I'm in a grocery store, I'm patient when I'm at the check out line, but when it's really packed and the store only wants to open 4 registers, and the lines are backed up...I get pissed the hell off.


I don't like that and small things like that make inconvenience a reality. I hate the companies do stuff like that, but it's whatever. I'm pretty patient in general because I don't believe in always getting frustrated about everything, I don't want to be the grumpy, and angry person no one wants to be around.

 

[John Snort]

I'm not that patient a person. Have never been. But I've learned to be more patient than I used to be in the past. For example, a few years back, if I had an appointment with someone and they didn't show up on time, I wouldn't wait for them longer than 5 minutes. These days, I can wait for more than 20 minutes and not get angry. But that's the limit of my patience. It's something I have to work on.

 

[clair02]

The one thing that I've discovered in my life is that you can train or condition yourself to behave any way you want. Some people fly off the handle at the smallest provocation due to being conditioned to respond that way. Others are impatient just because they have conditioned themselves that way. It's actually quite possible to train yourself into becoming calmer and more patient, a little bit at a time. I've been practicing some techniques over the past couple of years that have really helped me in this regard, now I can safely say that I'm a very patient person - something I couldn't have said with a straight face just a couple of years ago.

 

[Sue]

I am very patient and probably more patient then I should be at times. My fiance is the total opposite and it bothers me sometimes. He will make a scene and I get so embarrassed. I do not like drawing attention to myself in anyway so that is why I am patient. I just wait for things to happen and not get upset if they aren't done so in a timely manner.

 

[DDNatureLover]

I'm a mixed bag. I have always considered myself to be impatient, yet I've been able to set major goals that have taken years to accomplish, and have accomplished them. It helps me to break things down into tasks, and of course schooling is already set up that way, which probably helped me. Over the years, I have become more patient about some things, and less patient about others. I do think my anxiety comes into play, because if the goal is something I have little control over, I want it now, so I can see that it's completed, but if it's something I feel in control over, I am o.k. with waiting a little longer to receive the item/accomplish the goal.

 

[SirJoe]

I'm actually quit patent but like anybody else I do have my limits. I think that life is too short to loose your cool about things that sometimes don't have any real importance. Everybody has their off days but I try not to let that get in the way.

 

[soodito]

I am quite patient. I used to be very impatient but as I am getting older I am learning to have patience. You cannot learn to be patient overnight but as you will experience things you will become patient. Things take time so you have to be patient. Getting impatient or irritated if something is not completed or didn't work won't help. Being impatient will always lead to unsuccessful life and it will be very difficult to achieve your goals. It is learned with experience, no teacher or book can make you patient. 

 

[misszerable]

I used to be very impatient to the point of being anxious. I used to finish off someone else's statement because I'm too impatient to listen to what I think is obvious. I walk out if I'm made to wait. I changed when I had my son. He has autism and I have to bend backwards most of the times. I would often repeat what I have to say and I've learned to speak slowly and softly, too. He is smarter than many children afflicted by autism, but certainly not as smart as his cousins and I have to adjust my expectations to his level. 

 

[Alex]

I'm glad I'm not the only one that struggles with patience, but it also depends on my mood and the people around me. I find when I have patient people around me, it rubs off on me, and when I have highly strung people it can make me anxious, but also makes me look at how fruitless that can be.


I doubt I will ever be a truly patient person even though some people think I am. I hide it well and try my best and that's all I can do.

 

[Azelma]

I have about the patience of a small puppy on amphetamines. I’m one of those ”I need everything right now” -people, I’m a little ashamed to say. That’s why my interests and hobbies are all over the place and usually short-lived. I admire people with patience and I hope to someday get to concentrate on working on improving my own.

 

[oportosanto]

Well, it's important to learn to wait @Azelma. I am not saying it easy, but it's a big virtue. As for me, my patience is usually proportional to my level of being tired, meaning I have a big patience when I am not tired and when I am I tend to explode more easily.