The varied dimensions of pressure:

Image via WikipediaThe varied dimensions of pressure:
1. Loss of meaning in a living situation.
Many servant - children admit to feelings of meaninglessness in their living.  Such an expression of loss of meaning in the living to which they believe they have been called by God either initiates or helps sustain experiences of stress. Biblical figures such as Jeremiah and David illustrate such feelings of meaninglessness.
Jeremiah is unusual among the Hebrew prophets because of the extent to which the biblical record reveals his personal feelings.  From the outset of his ministry, he experienced a real sense of desperation when confronted with the almost hopeless task of ministering to Judah in her apostasy.  His pent-up mental anguish found expression in passionate outbursts against his lot in life (read Jeremiah 5:10; 20:8, 14, 18).
Repeatedly, Jeremiah is pictured as perceiving his own ministry to be at variance with that of the priests.  He questions both the validity of their ministry, and the capacity of the people to respond appropriately to his own prophetic ministry.  He believes in the validity of his own ministry passionately, but realizes that others do not concur with his estimate.
David reveals himself to be a person who believes that God had been richly present to his ancestors, but experiences an apparent absence of the blessing of God upon his own life.  Elsewhere in Psalm 22, David exposes his feelings of pain and irrelevance as well as concluding that, in an ultimate sense, his ministry is not pointless.  Feelings of inadequacy and irrelevance in living are hardly new; they unfold naturally as part of the biblical story.