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

Normally you can tell the difference between depressed and lazy, depressed is not wanting to do anything due to the emotional state you are in and lazy is just not wanting to do a certain thing because you just don't want to put in the effort

If you show thoughts that are alarming (such as feeling sad and unmotivated most of the times). If you are experiencing this kind of feelings, you should try to seek help.

There is a big difference between battling depression and being lazy. Being lazy is if you know you can do something but don't do it because of the effort involved. Instead of doing that certain task, you prefer not to do anything or do a different activity where less effort tis involved. You're depressed if you find that your mood is constantly low and you think that nothing will ever get better in life. You will also lose interest in your daily activities, pastimes and hobbies that you once enjoyed.

Well, if you can't find interest in the things you usually do find interest in then there is a possibility that you are depressed. Also, just feeling generally numb or sad is also an indication.

Depression takes many different shapes in a persons life that may not be the same for everyone. A week or so ago #MyDepressionLooksLike was trending on many social media outlets. I would say search the hashtag and see if you can relate with the thousands that too part in the movement. If you are depressed simply reading some of the post will show you that you are not alone and if you are not depressed you still gain the enlightenment of other peoples struggles including what to look for.

You would need a professional to know for sure, but negative thoughts frequently accommodate depression. If you have frequent negative thoughts over a long period of time.

The perfect way of knowing what you are is by asking yourself the question to yourself. You're the only person that knows who you are.

If you are a very lazy person, sometimes you want to do the things you are supposed to do. But if you are depressed there's a rare chance that you would get up and do something. And there's the second situation where you would go somewhere, even if you are lazy, but you feel unhappy with no apparent reason. That looks more like depression. Of course, if this all happens rarely, then you are just human.

Being unmotivated by depression is completely different to being incredibly lazy. Being unmotivated due to having depression is more like when you physically and emotionally dont do something, as if you dont really care. Being super lazy, is just when you 'cant be arsed' to get something or do something physically. Being unmotivated by depression sucks because you want to do something but you just can't because all of a sudden you have a feeling of not caring what happens.

I think there's a point where it can be easy to tell that someone is no just being lazy. I think it's when their constantly "lazy" and they don't have the energy to do anything. It's not that they don't want to do anything, it's that they physically and mentally can't.