How patient are you?

[Zeesi]

I tend to be very patient for the most part, but sometimes I'll get impatient about something and that's when I talk to, and correct, myself.  I tell myself to calm down and take my time, or let things and people take their time, whichever the situation.  To me, being impatient gets me nowhere, doesn't help my situation at all and just makes me feel rushed and agitated.  


I find that impatience is often just a small symptom of a bigger problem, like if I'm running late and someone in front of me in a store is taking forever to get her groceries checked out.  Or if I'm late for an appointment, and traffic is a nightmare, I might lose my patience.  The bigger, main issue is that I'm late for something.  I have to be honest with myself and tell myself that I need to correct certain behaviors in order for impatience not to rule.  I tell myself to plan ahead better, and leave the house earlier to run certain errands so that I won't feel rushed.


Or, as someone else here just wrote, my level of tiredness has a lot to do with how patient I am as well.  It is best for me not to try and do certain things if I'm tired.  Attempting to talk to someone about something important, or run errands when I feel tired is not a wise thing for me to do.  I end up being irritated and impatient with any and everything.

 

[pwarbi]

For me a lot depends on the situation and the person that I'm dealing with to be honest. I can be the most patient person in the world when the I need to be, but I also don't suffer fools either, and if I think a person is deliberately causing issues or they are working o some sort of an agenda to benefit themselves, then I won't tolerate it and I will say something to that effect.


These days it seems to me that more and more people are acting because they can get something out of a situation, rather than genuinely needing help, and these are the people that I have no patience with. 

 

[joshposh]

I think I'm patient, but it really depends on the situation.  If I'm waiting for anything, and it has to deal with other people stupidity or laziness, then I'm very impatient.  It's more irritating then anything.  But with lots of planning and no other human intervention, I can build up enough patience to do most task.

 

[fuzyon]

Well, I think a lot of people that suffer from anxiety are impatient. For example, when I want something I start to get anxious about it until I finally get it for some reason. When I was looking for guitars I found a model that seemed good to me but I wasn't able to order it just then, I had to wait a couple of weeks and I was anxious everyday. I guess my mind thought it's going to go out of stock and I'll not be able to get my hands on it, those were just irrational thoughts.

 

[sidney]

I'm actually a very patient person. In fact I don't really mind waiting in general as long as my mind is busy during those times I am waiting. I only get anxious waiting if a matter is important to me and I receive no response from someone that matters to me.

 

[oportosanto]

That's the thing, I believe that our patience is measured by the level of importance we give to things. If something is really important to us we might get nervous and anxious about it, but if we have the capacity to keep a certain distance, to realize it's not a matter of life and death. If we are able to do this, we might increase our patience.

 

[pwarbi]

At the end of the day I think that we are all going to have our own breaking point so to speak, and even the most patient person in the world will know when to say enough is enough. People can also test our patience on purpose as well sometimes and they are the people we have to be aware of and make sure we don't lose our temper with the most because then they will have got the better of you and won.


We ill all get to a point here we can't take any more, but if it's because a person as drove us to that point, instead of losing patience with them, it might be easier just to ignore them and try and avoid having them in your life if that's possible.