> A lot of mental disorders exhibit co-morbidity with depression. > [...] > In this thread, there an insightful comment that reads: it's like realizing that y

> A lot of mental disorders exhibit co-morbidity with depression. > [...] > In this thread, there an insightful comment that reads: it's like realizing that you are short... after decades of being told that the only reason you can't reach as high as most people is because you are lazy. > When you said "people often use it as an excuse to not work towards improving themselves", that is exactly what the author of the comment meant by "being told [that they're] lazy". No matter how much a short person "work[s] towards improving themselves", they will not get taller. They instead find ways to work around the issue, like carrying stepladders with them. Or summarized more concisely: One needs a diagnosis because other people are simply a##holes.