Hey all. I decided to post here instead of pming the list of people because I would like as many people to pray for me as possible.

I suffer from bad anxiety brought on from my years in the Army and the last few years being quite rough (Lost job, house, wife, etc, etc, etc,). The problem I run into now is that my anxiety and my intense form of A.D.D. are impending my ability to do school. I am currently taking 16 semester hours and have a lot of book reading and homework to do but I cannot for the life of me focus on my homework. I hit this wall a few weeks back and it is getting steadily worse. I am currently in the process of quitting smoking and soda. (Both of which I have done for years.) I am cigarette free, using a E-Cig at the moment for my nicotine dependency, and have quit all soda products.

The problem I run into is that no matter what I have tried, I cannot sit still and just read or do my homework. I almost feel as though I am cursed by God, which I know this is an on going test the Good Lord has put me through to refine me and make me dependent on him. I humbly as that anyone willing would say a quick prayer for me that the Lord would show me mercy and grace as I am undeserving of both. That God would bless my studies so that through my school work I can bless both Him and my family.

I thank you for taking the time to read this and I pray the Lord will bless any and all of you as well. My name is Michael Anderson if you would like to pray for me by name. I also request that you would put me into your prayer list at your local church if you attend any. I am very determined to accomplish what the Lord as set before me but I cannot do this on my own. I have midterms this week and I am behind in most of my classes due to this dilemma. Thank you.

Stress not, happiness will be bestowed upon you so long as you hold onto your faith

Where you say I cannot handle it, The LORD says to cast all of your worries onto him.

What this means is that there is no reason to stress about what the future holds or where to go from here. All of those worries can be put into God's hands if you trust him and he can take care of it.

It is not an easy thing to do as we all struggle with this but as you said in your post you know that God is putting you through an ongoing test in order to refine you and to make you dependent on him.

There is no greater strength than that.

Thanks for the pms, post, and prayers y'all. The last few hours I have been able to get some of this work done!

@CPK001. hahaha love the sig!

I know how you feel (at least, to a certain extent).

I myself am suffering from pretty bad anxiety. The reasoning, however, is from the fact that I get seizures when I am fatigued.
I'd go more into detail but this isn't about me.
I'll pray for the both of us, that God gives us the strength to handle what life will throw at us.

Here's to good luck for the both of us.

Thank you sir. Back to SQL.

you should seek proffesional help from a qualified psichiatrist, and doctors with qualifications in mental illnesses. they can give you some drugs, or at least good advices.

by the year 2050, 50% of the world's population will have had a mental disease. why should you be special ? just go to doctors, they know

If it's serious enough.

You could also try meditating and strenuous exercise. Get those feel good chemicals when you can.

Good luck.