Impatience and anger

«  Some days, patience eludes me. It’s not against her, or against the situation… It’s just that everything becomes heavier, slower, more demanding. And in those moments, I feel impatience and anger rising, without really knowing what to do with them. » 

You may recognize yourself in these words, because anger and impatience are normal and healthy emotions … and caregiving comes with its share of unpredictability, lack of control, and overload, which can reduce our tolerance.

In this segment, Marie-Laurence shares how her reality as a caregiver brings her to a certain point of no return, beyond which impatience and anger take hold more easily. Jiri Snitil, Executive Director of the Groupe des aidants du Sud-Ouest (GASO), then tells us about their nature and source, so as to offer us ways to better understand and manage them.

The good news is that, even when we have no control over the situations that trigger these emotions, we do have power over how we express them.