contemplating (diagnosis and work)

[t4inted-]

hey everyone i need some advice about something in my life that has been causing me much frustration and at times discouragement. i am going to share my diagnosis pray for no stigma, i have a diagnosis of schizophrenia, some things happened in my life and its a long story but the Lord came into my life and has been changing me and transforming me and i went through a great fight of afflictions. the Lord has brought me so far and i am grateful that he came into my life. the issue i am having is about work. throughout my walk since christ came into my life i have worked from time to time some times full time and others part time but i havent had a long stable job i went through great battles when i have been at work and other times i had to leave work because i was overwhelmed. I feel God wants me to work and succeed but i have recollections of memories of the past of losing to the enemy when it comes to working it feels like its a generational curse maybe thats why the enemy fights so hard when i try. i also believe that i can work and hold down a job as i have before that gave me confidence it feels like a battle that i need to win but i am just not so sure if i should attempt to work. i have a sense of what id like to do for work and just trusting God as i take that step that he will take care of me but i have fears and worries that if i dont win this fight ill be homeless and i wouldnt know where or who to turn to so i am just wonderin if this is a choice i should make?

 

[com7fy8]

Have you found a church with people who are mature and good examples?

If you share with such people, you can learn how to live with God and how to relate in His love so you know how to find and stay in a job.

In my case, I can still be a fool for paranoid and self-righteous critical stuff - - being very swift to worry about what others might do, instead of seeing how I can by my own main problem, and instead of praying for others "first of all" like our Apostle Paul says, in 1 Timothy 2:1-4.

But I have stayed years with a church, with my lady friend, and now I stay with her church . . . instead of giving up on them > love "hopes all things," we have in 1 Corinthians 13:7.

 

[timf]

You might consider working at a temp agency where you might not have to work too long at any one particular job.

Mental health issues can have a genetic component so that they may look like a "generational curse". It may be more helpful to be forward looking than backward.

Medication can be helpful as well as good nutrition and even supplements. It sounds like you have made a lot of progress already.

 

[turkle]

I'm not clear about the choice you need to make in the last sentence. Are you asking if you should try to work? If so, the answer is yes. If you are capable of supporting yourself, then you should do so. Pray for guidance on what work you should do, and then go for it.