Does laziness really exist?

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People, fairly recently at least, started to say that I seem lazy because I say I can't walk certain distances. I genuinely have no energy, though, and when it comes to the outside world a large bunch of that is wasted because there's so much environmental noise around. Same issue with cleaning my place... sure, there are no routines that could help etc. but they never got established in the first place because doing something that ends up in the original state fairly soon isn't on my list of priorities when I seem to have very limited energy.

So... can people really be lazy, or do you think they're just lying about not having energy? (Because, of course, we can never verify that unless we're in that situation ourselves.)

We live in a society where people think, wrongly and ignorantly, that we should all have tons and tons of energy so we can run around and get as many things accomplished as possible like a bunch of do-gooders or robots. Whatever happened to "slow and steady wins the race"? People who have a lack of energy or motivation are often blamed and labeled as lazy when they may have any number of medical conditions that make them only appear that way. Depression and other mental illness are often the culprit, but the stigma makes people blame the so-called lazy person even more. And the medication you have to take for it almost always has drowsiness as a side effect. And then to top it off, about the only solution every doctor gives you for your lack of energy is to exercise!
People also never seem to get it through their thick skulls that different people are naturally less energetic than others, and pushing them to be more active nearly always ends in failure and makes them feel worse. And of course naturally less active people are more likely to be overweight. Mental illness, lack of energy, and weight problems, Strike three, you're out.

You know, it's not really this planet that's wrong, it's all the people on it who suck so much.

i have believed for some time that there's no such thing as lazy. for example, a friend didn't keep house well because she was a perfectionist and if she couldn't do it perfectly, she just gave up. there's always a reason beyond laziness.

Sometimes I think lazy doesn't even exist because it's a word people use when you don't do something as they say or don't follow their standards. Like I can be eating up in my bedroom and I don't bring my plate down right after I am through. Some may call that laziness but so what. Isn't everyone lazy? Someone can come home from work and they don't start cleaning, instead they would rather sit and relax after having a hard day at work. Some may call that being lazy. Someone doesn't want to work because there are no jobs out there they are interested in nor are their special interests, now some people will say that is being lazy. Someone is living on welfare but they work but they will not work two or three jobs to stay off it nor will they work at night and only get two hours of sleep or four hours of sleep, some people may call that being lazy. Or how about someone refusing to work because they don't like to pay taxes or don't want to ay child support or they don't like the idea how you have to pay to live such as food and rent and bills, instead they would rather have the money for themselves and would rather work under the table, laziness?

Lazy is a relative term. Does it really exist? What if I decided to make my son my slave when he is old enough to clean and cook and I just sit around and do nothing and he has to do all the housework and all the cooking and yard work and I do nothing, am I lazy then? What if someone never wanted to do their yard work because they didn't enjoy it so they always hire someone to do it for them, especially cutting their grass? Or what if they never hire someone to do their yard work and they refuse to do it on their own so they let it go into despair, laziness?

I just tell myself some laziness is okay or else we all be doing everything on our own and there be less jobs. There be no landscapers, there be no roof cleaners, there be no plumbers or repair men, maids, etc. But does lazy really exist or is it just a word we use to call others that when they don't meet our standards?

I have thought about this quite a lot. I have spent the past few years doing very little due to depression. I have often berated myself for being so lazy for this and for sleeping all day. It's not a conscious choice to be like this though, I feels like I can't do anything. It does make me think though, if it's wrong to describe myself as lazy, I don't think that anybody is lazy.

I think people should quit assuming their experiences reflect everyone elses. Then maybe there would not be the issue of being accused of being lazy when you literally don't have the energy for the task at hand.

Yes, I do think that there are lazy people without a condition or a disorder. I could pass as a lazy person because of my philosophy, for me life has no meaning and I don't understand why should I try to give it a meaning. But I could be lazy as well because I don't like to work or to force myself if I don't like something.
Luckily, nobody impose me what to do ATM

"I'm not lazy, I'm just saving energy!"

I am lazy. I know this because I've been told it all my life.

I find it weird how a lot of people can still get away with being the most laziest person alive and still look like athletic movie stars despite of not moving an itch.

You having no energy does not mean you are lazy (if you haven't yet, you might want to discuss this with a doctor). That being said, of course laziness exists. My nephew can have lots of energy when he wants to do something, and absolutely no energy when he is asked to do an errand or a chore. Selective-fatigue, perhaps? Nah, just laziness.

As long as I exist then yes.