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

When you can not control your thoughts and moods and nothing else is working. When you do not want to eat, or go to family events, or you can not do your daily routine.

Depression does that to you. The key is to keep trying. Every time you falter and feel lazy try to do just a little something.

No matter how lazy a person may be, some tasks bring us a feeling of happiness or satisfaction that we are always willing to do. Small, simple tasks such as eating a meal or talking to our friends are examples of something that a lazy person is still happy do without much motivation. Depression, on the other hand, can make such tasks seem daunting and the things that may once have brought us joy can seem like a chore.

Thank you for asking this question! People with depression often become unmotivated not because they want to but because they cannot make themselves do things as hard as they may try. Depression is a complicated mental illness that goes far deeper than motivation. Extremely lazy people lack motivation but the capacity to be motivated is easier than someone with depression. They just need to find the right passion and help to become motivated. Hopefully this helps :)

Being lazy is choosing not to do something because, although you know it's important and you should do it, it isn't important enough to you at that point in time. Being unmotivated is choosing not to do something because you don't wish to do it. And it's totally okay to feel lazy or unmotivated about certain things. But being depressed goes beyond not wanting to, or not bothering to; when you're depressed, you can't. You just can't. It doesn't make any sense and it's frightening and frustrating. But you can't. Depression is not a choice, and you can't always pick yourself up out of depression by your own efforts. It's okay to reach out for help when you need it--in fact, it's probably more difficult to reach out than to remain stagnant. But you can always reach out, and when you do, there will always be someone there.

I understand what you are going through right now. That is for a therapist to decide but if you h ave a feeling something isn't right then stick to your instincts that you are most likely depressed.

Well if you are just lazy it wouldn't bother you that you are not unmotivated , it will be I"I just don't wanna do it and that's it " otherwise the unmotivated person will also have some other feelings like sadness , over thinking , anxious ect

You could have lost the enthusiasm and zest for living life as it is. You might not be able to look at things positively.

Try to find other symptoms of depression in yourself. Do you feel sad for long periods of time? Do you feel hopeless? The list goes on, but if you don't, then you make just be an extremely lazy person. (Join the club.)

You'll have to have a proper diagnosis done if you want find out that you are depressed or not.If you think that you don't want to do anything even if you can that means you're being lazy but in case you feel that you can't do anything then you are demotivated.But at times you feel lazy just because you are demotivated.I won't say lazy but tired.It's okay if you are just being lazy or are demotivated,if you're feeling low,you need to do something about it.