Just get practiced at patching your tubes and don't worry so much about them.
Consider each patch you applied yourself like a badge of honor.

I like to see how many patches on my tubes are possible before buying a new one. Last one had 5 before a bad flat incident ripped the valve stem off and had to be abandoned. One before that was probably 8 or so.



P.S. Regarding your experience with airless tires falling off. Always wondered, if there's no air in them what mechanism is used to hold them to your rim...?