Depression feels a lot heavier than just being lazy/unmotivated…. But it can present to those around you as laziness
For me when I go through depressive episode, I know there’s all this stuff to get done but I just can’t. It feels almost like having the flu, just without the fever and all that. My body feels heavy and I don’t want to move, it hurts. Then stuff starts piling up, and then my anxiety about not keeping up or performing properly comes up, and then it feeds the part that is feeling low and I sink deeper. It’s exhausting when everything is too much but not enough all at once. Even the brightest beautiful day will feel gloomy and dull. Nothing appeals.
