Mark, thank you, as always, for your thoughtful comment. Let me be clear: I don't oppose prayer. I think that it can be quite useful for some people. I oppose the idea that people should rely on church counselors and religious folk to help them "think the right thoughts." Positive thinking is useful--and much of prayer is positive thinking. So, by all means, pray away. But prayer, by itself, cannot deal head on with psychological problems like anxiety. One can't fix that by going to someone else whose only training is in reading the Bible, rather than, say, learning about the human body and mind methodologically. The best person to seek out in such a situation is someone who is trained in how the brain works. If the aim is for people to recover, they need to see the best trained people. I hope everyone on this board heals fast and well, and if prayer can help part of the recovery, then great.