How do I know if I'm depressed or just lazy or unmotivated?

Well, depression has some common signs, like; Continuous sadness, Anxiety, Lack of motivation, Feeling tearful and guilt ridden, Feeling hopeless and helpless, having trouble with family and social life, just to name a few. The only way to be 100% sure would be to see a doctor about it c:

Being depressed is like being trapped in a box. You want to live and do things, but you feel like you're unable to. Depression leaves you numb and out of place. Being lazy is not bothering to motivate yourself. However, depression drains you of energy in general and deeply affects the way you think and how motivated you are.

When you feel that even if you start it, you will just fail at the end and it won't make any difference.

The fact that you're worried about it shows that you're not lazy. If you were lazy, you wouldn't care, Motivational issues are a huge part of depression.

A sign of depression can be lacking the motivation to do things you used to enjoy doing. I don't know of anyone that ever likes doing chores (I sure don't!) but if you find yourself not wanting to take part in a hobby you used to enjoy, or even a task that used to be easy to do, then you might be depressed. Depression can manifest itself in different ways sometimes, so never be afraid to ask questions. And know that there is always someone to talk to, and there is always someone to understand and support you!

Usually when we are unmotivated because we're being lazy, that's all we feel is unmotivated... but when it is due to depression we feel other symptoms as well. I experience severe loneliness even though I don't want to go out. To me, that is my depression because otherwise my loneliness would motivate me. It's hard because we're often told we're being lazy when really we are experiencing a depression that causes sadness, fatigue, and something called anhedonia which is the inability to find pleasure in things once found pleasurable. If you're experiencing depression symptoms, maybe it is better to try to be easy on yourself.

Depression is like a big bag of symptoms, of those symptoms are fatigue, loss of interest and feelings of loss of motivation. (I don't think there's anything called a lazy person, just a person who hasnt found the right motivation yet)

I think an extremely lazy person will still enjoy certain things. However a depressed person wouldn't be able to find happiness and contentment in anything. Even the activities he or she used to enjoy seem pointless now. But i guess the best way to know for sure is seeing a professional

because you're not involving yourself with anyone , it leads you to think negative thoughts so , keep yourself into some work and try to be happy :)

I think the surest way to tell is to ask yourself whether you are enjoying a feeling of leisure while you are not doing whatever it is you are not motivated to do, or whether not doing it makes you feel anxious, guilty, nervous... If you are calling yourself lazy in a judgmental way, berating yourself over feeling unmotivated... these are thought patterns characteristic of depression, and not what someone who is simply taking it easy, because it's in their nature, would think. I'd even suggest that anyone asking such a question in the first place is pretty unlikely to be unmotivated out of simple sloth!