and mental illnesses in general.

I heard people saying it's a "joke", it's just "excuses" to not do anything. You're just "faking it" and all you have to do is "get up and so something". Why some peole don't unerstand that it's harder for some people to achieve things. Evenif they appear to be small (for example, it's hard for some people to get out of their house, to ask someone in a store etc).

Why?

People are really ignorant about mental health in general.

a lot of people understate or simply don't care about issues that don't affect them

pair this with the fact many mental illnesses can't be physically seen, and you get those assholes

Uneducated

Honestly it's because the term "being depressed" is thrown around too much and people don't take it serious. It's even more annoying that there are actually some people who fake having depression to get out of working e.t.c (I actually know someone who does this) it's a shame because there are people out there who suffer from it.

+ (I don't mean this in a horrible way at all so please don't take it wrong) It is so easy to get "Diagnosed with severe depression these days when you could be simply having a rubbish couple of week, doctors e.t.c are too quick to diagnose people with the the condition. That is honestly my opinion though and not a fact.

Yes , we should learn more about in school....

You're right and this is sad. I mean at least if you don't care don't be freaking rude and stop telling people they are "not trying enough". Why do they not understand tat we are all different .

I agree with this. I mean one of my friends was like "I was depressed the other day but I DID something". Depression is not just for one day, it's everyday.

Ignorance or just trolls
Even those who claim to support it attack any person showing signs of mental illness.
They have this logic that people with mental illness are depressed and want to be left alone, and the only people they may hurt is themselves. While that is true in some people, some unfortunatly take it out on others, and instead of helping them, they make them feel worse. Speaking from experience with my friend

Which is why the term racist should not be thrown left, right and center as well.

Personally I've encountered two type of people saying this. People who are depressed themselves and want to appear tough because they think they look better this way, and downright ignorant people.

I don't know if I'm getting confused but is this an attack on me? Because I wasn't insulting people with depression or whatever? Maybe I worded it wrong, sorry?

People throw a lot of mental health terms around. "I'm SO OCD" comes to mind. It makes me cringe. My BF has OCD and I know it's different for anybody but so many people claim to be 'so OCD'. they throw it around like it's not a condition, more like a adjective

I'd say there's a lack of awareness. They need to teach about this in school especially in this social age

Ignorance.

Maya Angelou once said, "If you don't like something, change it. If you can't change it, change your attitude." You can help people understand what depression is, but some people would rather stay ignorant. Rather than getting upset or mad over those who are (willfully) ignorant, why not change how you view them. It's their loss if they don't want to learn. You know the truth, and that is all that matters.

Ignorance.

well...there are people that even if you ask them to talk about it or what they feel they simply refuse to do it so ofc they tend to think that

it's the same thing with anxiety and OCD, people throw the terms around loosely to the point where no one takes it seriously.

This.

Plus some people just say they're depressed without it actually being a true mental issue.

they didn't experience mental illness themselfs so they judge it based on their ignorance

I think it's just hard for people to be empathetic about things they've never experienced firsthand and therefore aren't able to conceive. If you've never felt an all-consuming dread upon, say, having to get up in the morning, you might find the very notion that other people experience that farfetched or think that someone who claims to have those sorts of feelings is just being melodramatic.

I think it's just cuz of it's been so neglected by media and pop culture certainly doesn't help. I mean how many times have we seen in movies that depression was cured by a best friend taking you out to get drunk and laid. It's not that easy to just get up and do stuff that people consider fun.