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A comment on Ask HN: How do I overcome mental laziness?. Parent comment
>> Do you also think that an alcoholic should just "do it" (i.e. stop drinking) or a depressed person should just "get over it"?
False equivalence.
Not doing work is neither depression nor alcoholism.
If you find you get to a point in life where essentially you have fallen into lazy habits then you fix it by taking action.
It definitely can be as a result of depression. I don't think we have enough information to rule out things like depression.
>> Do you also think that an alcoholic should just "do it" (i.e. stop drinking) or a depressed person should just "get over it"?
False equivalence.
Not doing work is neither depression nor alcoholism.
If you find you get to a point in life where essentially you have fallen into lazy habits then you fix it by taking action.