Those who struggle with a personality disorder have great difficulty dealing with other people. They tend to be inflexible, rigid, and unable to respond to the changes and demands of life.
Could depression actually be a form of infectious disease? â Turhan Canli. Chronic Lyme disease and its co-infections can cause depression. If we look at the cousin of Lyme disease, Syphilis, and its studies related to mental health issues, we see depression, anxiety disorders and much more.
Is anxiety and depression the same thing? Many people who suffer from anxiety suffer from depression too. Short term anxiety usually clears up before causing depression, but anxiety disorder such as panic disorder and obsessive compulsive disorder very often lead to depression.