Living a life troubled by mental health obstacles has its host of challenges. One that often comes to the surface for me is dealing with an overwhelming and frequent occurrence of impatience. Is this simply petulance rearing its ugly head or is it deeper than that? I have a sense that something chemically is happening in my body and this post is here to look under the cover of shame and get to understand where this impatience is coming from and what tools we can utilize to manage ourselves more appropriately.