Feeling Wheel
Stressed · a word on the feelings wheel
Feeling impatient
Feeling restless or irritated due to delay or waiting.
What feeling impatient is like
Impatience is irritation at waiting or delay. Queues, slow replies and plans that take longer than expected are common triggers.
Impatient or restless?
Impatient is tied to waiting for something. Restless can happen with nothing to wait for. Read more about feeling restless.
Finding impatient on the feelings wheel
On the Feeling Wheel, impatient sits in the Stressed group. Start in the middle of the wheel with stressed, then move outwards to impatient. If it's close but not quite right, the other stressed words below may fit better. It's also normal to feel more than one thing at once.
Other words in the Stressed group
Stressed words describe what happens when demands outrun the time or energy you have.
- Overwhelmed Feeling buried by too many demands
- Rushed Feeling hurried or under time pressure
- Distracted Feeling attention pulled away from focus
- Frustrated Feeling upset by inability to change something
- Pressured Feeling stressed by expectations or demands
- Scattered Feeling disorganised or mentally unfocused
- Restless Feeling unable to relax or be still
- Depleted Feeling emotionally or physically drained with nothing left to give
- Burdened Feeling weighed down by too much responsibility or pressure
Name what you're feeling
Feeling Wheel puts all 118 of these words on one wheel. Tap the ones that fit, add a note if you like, and see your patterns over time. Free on iPhone and Android.