I think we ought to think about these things maybe in a bit of a different perspective.
Why do you think someone would want to be lazy and unmotivated? Wouldn't people prefer to simply be able to accomplish things, being lazy and being unmotivated is very detrimental to one's well-being in today's society.
And from this perspective then maybe you would think: okay, why are these people making everything harder for themselves? Could it be that, maybe, there's something else behind that behavior? Maybe being lazy is a natural trait on some people, in which case, should they be blamed for it?
These are not simple questions. I think dismissing people's struggles is very problematic. I mean, any struggle is worth taking a look at. I think a lot of people don't really understand what it means for someone to be mentally ill because it's not something that is so evident. But I don't think you would ever tell someone that was born without their legs to "stand up and walk like everyone else does, sometimes my legs hurt too, and look at me running a marathon". So why would you do the same for people with mental illness? Why would you assume that laziness and lack of motivation is simply a momentarily ailment?
ADHD and depression are very much real, and we need to take mental illness seriously and a big part of this means not just going "get up and walk like i do" but actually trying to understand another person's struggle.
Why do you think someone would want to be lazy and unmotivated? Wouldn't people prefer to simply be able to accomplish things, being lazy and being unmotivated is very detrimental to one's well-being in today's society.
And from this perspective then maybe you would think: okay, why are these people making everything harder for themselves? Could it be that, maybe, there's something else behind that behavior? Maybe being lazy is a natural trait on some people, in which case, should they be blamed for it?
These are not simple questions. I think dismissing people's struggles is very problematic. I mean, any struggle is worth taking a look at. I think a lot of people don't really understand what it means for someone to be mentally ill because it's not something that is so evident. But I don't think you would ever tell someone that was born without their legs to "stand up and walk like everyone else does, sometimes my legs hurt too, and look at me running a marathon". So why would you do the same for people with mental illness? Why would you assume that laziness and lack of motivation is simply a momentarily ailment?
ADHD and depression are very much real, and we need to take mental illness seriously and a big part of this means not just going "get up and walk like i do" but actually trying to understand another person's struggle.