So I foundthis while scrolling down the front page of the main site:

An Experience of Depression | Relationships in Balance

I don't necessarily have an issue with the article: it's quite familiar, really, crawling out of bed late then becoming absorbed in some useless activity that distracts you from how awful you feel. I"m totally guilty of wasting entire days, years actually, hiding in my room online.

But, viewed from the outside, it does sound supremely lazy. "Oh, I just don't have the energy to work, so I'll sit and watch Netflix all day because I'm sad." How, to a typical person, does that not sound like a character flaw rather than weakness or laziness?

Not too long ago I mentioned something in a Youtube comment section about how medication and various medical conditions can cause weight gain (in response to someone basically blowing those claims off as excuses). Someone then shot back that "There's no disease that makes you shove cupcakes in your mouth all day." I think a similar mentality can easily be put here: "Wanting to sleep and watch TV all day doesn't make you helplessly mentally ill." I suppose I'm a little concerned here - things like credibility?