fynndin:

Being lazy: Hm, I guess I’ll just hang out in the garden today. I mean, there’s work to do, but it can be done tomorrow. Chilling in the sun is better. Maybe I’ll read something.

Being depressed: I could sit in the sun. I’d have to go outside. Why is sitting in the sun even valued, it’s just sitting, but warmer. I’ll just sit here. Can I be asleep now, please? I have work to do, why am I so useless? I can’t even get up to go outside. And I can’t sleep. Why is everything so much.

Yeah, I know it’s just “in your head”. Where else would being sad be? Not everything that is in your head is just a product of your imagination and can be ignored. Depression is a brain malfunction that dampens your perception of the world to a dull, grey mass. Literally nothing can make you happy, because the option of being happy has been cancelled. Nothing can look drastic to you, because drastic implies worry and worry implies something dear to you and something dear would make you happy, but you are not happy. About nothing. Niki Minaj could come up next to you and hug you, wishing you a good day and you’d be like: “I guess I should feel something now, but… it’s kinda meh.”

Depression is an illness, so treat it like one. Get help and encourage depressed friends to get help.