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.
Lyme disease many times comes along with many other co-infections, not just bacterial. Many patients suffering from depression and anxiety could very well have various infections or a chronic form of Lyme disease. Because of the poor testing for the disease, the likelihood rises even more.