> At what point does difficulty motivating yourself to do something unpleasant become an actual pathology? For me it was when I actually could motivate myself

> At what point does difficulty motivating yourself to do something unpleasant become an actual pathology? For me it was when I actually could motivate myself to do it... and then still didn't because of shiny external stimuli and daydreams. And a lot of "I know you're really upset, so I promise I'll get my act together and next time that you expect me to... wait... what were we talking about?"