Determine the causes
The skill of patience can be developed by starting with identifying the causes that lead to impatience, as these causes may be people, phrases, or even certain situations that push the person to enter into a mental state of impatience, and making a list of these causes contributes to calming the soul, as a result of doing By examining the special reactions towards these causes, and thus developing new strategies to deal with them to avoid impatience, and the person is usually advised to try to manage dealing with the state of impatience instead of trying to stop the causes; This is due to the difficulty and inability to stop it.
Self-talk
The main idea of this method depends on the principle of stopping exaggerating the situation within oneself, and not continuing to think about the extent of the error that occurred or who was the cause of its occurrence, as this will help the difficult situation to pass in a few seconds, and this method is applied by doing self-talk , and expand perception by offering supporting sentences such as saying (that's right, and it's uncomfortable, but I can handle it), or (I'm able to tolerate my own shortcomings), or something else.
Control of emotions
It is possible to practice controlling the emotions associated with impatience by following the following:
- Forcing the mind to stop by realizing the need not to overthink the situation, and not to engage in that battle.
- Trying to maintain stability, and noticing the transition to a state of physical comfort, in addition to relaxing the muscles of the stomach, shoulders, and jaw.
- Observing the feelings associated with impatience and dreaming, such as distress, tension, shortness of breath, etc., and trying to communicate with those feelings through the mind.
- Determine whether there is a possibility to untangle any complication, stop trying to fix those feelings, and seek to accept and coexist with them.
