6 Signs You're Struggling With Your Mental Health, Not Lazy

How is your mental health? Within the hustle culture and within society at large, the word “lazy” has negative connotations. We imagine a person who’s messy, unkempt and unambitious and is given the stamp of a loser. However, laziness can be a consequence of something more complex and significant. In certain circumstances, it can be an indicator of poor mental health and possibly, depression. Are you struggling with your mental health but people mistaken that as laziness? This video is for you.

Writer: Max Gustavo
Script Editor: Denise Ding
Script Manager: Kelly Soong
Animator: Chantal Van Rensbur
YouTube Manager: Cindy Cheong

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[InsomniaTheGoat]

I know everyone says it but it’s true. No matter what you’re going through it will get better. Life’s not an easy fight, you can’t give up not yet. You’re too good to give up.

[highliving-animatedvideos]

*6 signs you’re struggling with your mental health, not lazy*
0:20 - You’re addicted to your phone
1:11 - You’re too overwhelmed to do anything
1:59 - You’re more physically exhausted than usual
2:41 - You’re neglecting your personal health
3:23 - You’re oversleeping
3:51 - You’re in pain

Big hug to anyone relating to most of these signs ❤️🚀🌙

[ives]

"What mental health needs is more sunlight, more candour, and more unashamed conversation." — Glenn Close

[Dev.Yadav.]

"some people forget how important mental health is"
Every school ever: I'll ignore that

[Wixlit]

this is a struggle for me and i thought I'm just being lazy but i really do feel tired. Love the video and thank you for being the best channel to comfort people in need <3

[aditigupta]

This video came exactly at right point because I m going through the same phase

[rhiannon_legacy]

This genuinely made me cry. I'm definitely struggling, according to this. I hit nearly all the boxes, and that kind of scares me. Gonna work on fixing these things this week, at least the ones I can consciously do. Thank you for this video because you may have just stopped a horrible spiral.

[jon]

I 100% enjoyed this. I have been struggling with stress, depression, and burnout for almost 7 years now (long story) and I feel everyone of these. I do feel a little better knowing I’m not just straight up lazy

[dream]

People always say “Don’t keep all the things you’re going through, in your mind. Open them up to your friends and family. You aren’t alone. There’re always people for you to reach out and open up what you’re going through.” But, in reality, it isn’t that easy to open up our struggles. We don’t even know what’s happening to us and where to start, so it’s quite difficult to describe and open up all the things that is suffocating us. That’s how some of us end up taking their lives away. Well, a thing called depression is quite complicated.

[arashsagu]

I had to be isolated in highschool for 2 and half years due to Covid . I graduated a year early but I did everything online and I haven’t made a new friend in years. I’m going into my second year if uni. And still feeling this empty piece, no Matter what I do it’s always weighing me down. I would like to say I am a extrovert, I feel like social interactions make my day. And I haven’t had that feeling when meeting someone new in so long it’s numb. I don’t remember what it feels like anymore. If there’s anyone In the same situation Or life, I hope we get better soon.

[jayarthasengupta]

With the part of avoiding things with phone addiction, I've noticed that and I've tried to find out what's bothering me but I really genuinely can't and I don't know what to do

[safwanalkan]

The biggest struggle I’ve ever had was always the inside one 😔

[shriyaj]

Even after taking therapy, I feel I have just completed the circle.I did heal for a short duration and now I am again back to it.

[saradaydreamer]

I remember when one of the influencers said "i don’t understand lazy people".
Particularly that moment i was struggling with deep depression and this sentence just broke my heart and made me to hate myself more. I’m better now but we need to be careful about the way we talk.

[kateliiq]

Ever since covid began, i've lost so many friends in reality that im left with none till this day, but when i started finding people online i've been so interactive with them, more than my entire family or any ex friends in the past and i mostly feel like i gained the trust from people online, i vent to them and they help me out and comfort me cause i focus on both reality and virtually, and reality just stresses me and i release the stress by venting and being comforted. I have been deciding to study but my classmates are not sending me the things i've been requesting for 3 months i have been left on read. I really want to gain friends irl but it's just that people dont accept me. I tell myself that ill improve my self everyday without being lazy, but that never happens even if im going to start i just lose my motivation when i start overthinking that no one will care or realize. I have exams soon, and i don't have my work complete and it's my fault cause i should've done it between class, it already too late none of my classmates are sending me anything, even after begging so badly all i just get is to be left on read in a groupchat with every student

There's some students, that ask ME for help which i do help but when i ask something in return, there's no response.

[piegirl]

This explains so much about my teen years. I've been getting better though one step at a time!

[roxy_xyz]

My stomach is hurting so often that I don't even take the pain seriously anymore

[charlottetaylor]

You're not lazy, you're in distress and in need of support ❤️

[headshot]

Honestly I relate to the first one: oversleeping. When I am about to wake up my body just disused to stay asleep even in the middle of the day.

[July...]

I always thought I was lazy for not having the motivation to do anything and just staying in bed all day long, because after all that’s what I’ve been told and I hate myself because of it…But after watching your videos I’m starting to realise that maybe it’s not really my fault, and that maybe I actually do have something going on. So thank you for making me realise that I might be struggling with my mental health!