You should watch movies in Spanish,listen music in Spanish,read in Spanish,do whatever you find comfortable and fun to do in Spanish,and you'll be able to learn faster and without feeling under pressure. Also,don't look at it as something tedious,or difficult,try to see it as a fun activity,and indeed,learning languages is something that can be enjoyed.

Useful tips I give when I teach Spanish: - Do not force yourself to study Spanish when you do not feel like doing so: If you want to study Spanish (or any language), do not force yourself with a huge schedule of many hours of study, studying a huge number of vocabulary and grammar patterns. Relax, learning is process that takes time, and even though you see through internet people who "have learnt" Spanish in 6 months, do not speed up your learning and do it step by step, do not force yourself to study so much if you cannot deal with it. The better you feel with the schedule of study you choose, the more you learn. - Be realistic. You should not compare yourself with people who have been knwoing how to speak Spanish since their childhood. - Make it fun! It is (I think) the main question you have. How to make the Spanish study fun? Well, there are several methods and each person would choose the most convinient for themselves. When I teach Spanish, I ask my students to tell me what they like to do most in their free time, as hobbies, sports, whatever they like to do and have fun with it. You may ask :"why?", well, this is easy to repond. For example, a person who likes to cook can firstly start studying cooking words, or ingredient names,and then practice that vocabulary at the moment of cooking, by talking to himself/herself. Or if you like to do housework, you can learn words about fornitures or stuff you see inside a house everytime, so that when you do your housework, you can try to remember the words of the specific object you would be seeing while doing the house work (just try, do not need to force yourself to remember it at once).

Don't be so serious! For me to study any language is a funny play.

A good way to improve your spanish will be watch spanish cartoons because this have a easy vocabulary, you know?? If you have enough time, you should start a Blog and tell something in spanish, whatever you want, just for write... I hope this advise help you and...NEVER GIVE UP!

The two people who answered already have pretty much said good things. Your choices: 1) Stop doing it if it is that painful. There is no reason or excuse for a popular language like Spanish or English being painful or frustrating to learn. That should only happen when you doing an obscure language language for which multi-media resources are lacking. You also have the Roman alphabet to your advantage, and many recognizable Latin roots, so if Spanish gets to you, you had better just quit studying language period. 2) Read, watch, and listen to what is interesting for you. Immerse yourself in the language. There is no lack of movies, music, and reading material out there.