Does my anxiety cause me to be lazy?

Anxiety can cause a person to shut down, both physically and mentally. And while you may just want to stay in bed all day, it really benefits to get up and do fun stuff. Easier said than done, I know. While it does make you feel better to unwind and take it easy, exercise and enjoying fun activities has been proven to lower stress levels. Even if it's just for a short time, getting up and having fun will benefit you greatly!

Anxiety can often leave you discouraged from completing things that you normally would. This does not make you lazy. You may just need an extra push or guidance once in a while to help you through it.

Anxiety does not cause someone to be lazy. It can be misinterpreted as laziness but in reality it could be a mixture of emotions contributing to a person feeling too overwhelmed to do anything. This can lead to people being unproductive but not lazy. When people with anxiety worry about a situation or task, they often put off the task until the last moment to avoid the task and the anxiety it causes.

No, but for me it causes me to be unfocused. I have a hard time keeping on point with things I need to get finished in favor of things I find that help me ease my anxiety to manageable levels. So lazy no.. but unfocused yes.

Anxiety most definitely make somebody lazy. Anxiety can tear you down and make you believe you're not capable of anything. I used to beat myself up over my laziness and it just made it worse. Yes is the answer for me.

From my personal experience, anxiety can cause someone to fill fatigue and to some fatigue my look like you are being lazy. However fatigue is a hole other medical symptom in it's self. So I can understand why someone might think that there anxiety could cause them to be lazy. I do understand that the higher someone's anxiety is the more fatigue they can become. One of the ways I have dealt with anxiety, is by doing some breathing exercises. I also know that the breathing exercises don't work for everyone. You just try different techniques until you find one that works for you.

I don't think it's really laziness, more avoidance. Anxiety can cause you to avoid the things that give you anxiety and if that is something important it can look like laziness to others. You avoid the things that you are supposed to be doing like chores because they give you anxiety. And no one wants to feel anxious, right? So, you chose to put off whatever it is you are supposed to be doing or you decide to not do it at all. People who don't know what anxiety is or that you have it might think you are being lazy. You can try to explain it to them, but don't use it as an excuse. Try and do it despite your anxiety (as long as it's not something dangerous of course)

anxiety for me can lead to ultimate depression. I would just lay in bed or not do anything. then I would start going to bed early and take my nighttime meds. the next day, I dealt with it all over again. I started a new med called buspirone, and then started gaining energy and got out and did different things. I also met new people, and cut out the bad things in my life.

Anxiety can make it hard to do things, so technically yes. It's natural to lose focus when your mind is occupied with negativity. People may also tend to seek comfort in the face of it, meaning that they avoid stressful things subconsciously (= act "lazy").

No. Not lazy. Anxiety can make it harder to do things which creates the domino effect to not do things. Maybe you don’t want to do things because of your anxiety now? However, it’s your brain just fighting this losing battle but I understand how it can feel lazy due to not doing certain activities/etc. for example, I just get anxiety sometimes with taking walks due to my neighbors possibly judging how I look! Crazy and stupid but boils into trauma. However, there are days were I do face it and take that darn walk. But it’s okay If there are days you can’t. No, not laziness.