Support for carers, built by people with Lived Experience
Personality Disorders UK is a peer-led organisation created by carers, family members, and advocates who understand how difficult, confusing, and isolating it can be to support someone through severe emotional struggles.
Who We Are
Personality Disorders UK is a peer-led organisation created by people who understand how difficult it can be to support someone with severe emotional struggles.
We are carers, family members, and advocates who have seen first hand how confusing and isolating this experience can be. Many of us spent years trying to understand what was happening to someone we love, often with very little guidance.
We created Personality Disorders UK so that other families would not have to face the same journey alone.
Why We Started
For many families, the hardest part is not just the crisis itself. It is the feeling of being left to handle everything without support and without any knowledge of the problem.
Carers are often the ones managing emotional breakdowns, self harm situations, and intense conflict at home. Yet they are rarely included in treatment or given the tools to cope with these moments.
We started Personality Disorders UK because carers deserve support too. They deserve clear information, practical guidance, and a place where they feel understood. We also help professionals get a better grasp of what they are facing.
What We Believe
We believe that when carers are supported, families become stronger.
People cannot pour from an empty cup. Supporting someone through emotional instability can be exhausting and frightening. Carers need knowledge, community, and practical strategies to protect their own wellbeing while helping someone they love.
Our work is built on three simple beliefs:
Carers deserve support
The people holding families together also need understanding, tools, and care.
Expert Knowledge reduces fear
Clear information based on academic research helps families, carers and professionals make sense of painful and confusing situations.
No one should face this alone
Community and shared understanding can reduce isolation and strengthen resilience.
“We support carers, families, and professionals working in: education, health and social care, community organisations”
What We Do
Personality Disorders UK provides support designed specifically for carers, families and professionals.
Everything we offer is practical, accessible, and focused on real situations people face at home.
Our services are delivered online so people anywhere in the UK can access them.
Specialist education
Clear, accessible academic learning that explains what is happening and why.
Pathway to care
Supportive program where carers learn how to manage difficult situations.
Practical resources
Guidance that translates psychological ideas into practical tools carers can actually use.
Digital guidance
Help at hand for responding more confidently during difficult and emotionally intense moments.
Built by People Who Understand
Personality Disorders UK is shaped by lived experience and expert knowledge.
We listen closely to the stories of carers and families and build resources that reflect the challenges they face every day. We also draw on established psychological approaches to ensure the guidance we share is responsible and helpful.
Our aim is simple: to make sure carers feel less alone, more informed, and more confident when facing difficult situations.
Our Vision
We want a future where families supporting someone with a personality disorder feel supported themselves.
A future where carers and professionals have the knowledge, tools, and community they need to navigate difficult moments without feeling lost or isolated.
Personality Disorders UK exists to help make that future possible.
Latest Posts
Narcissism as a protective factor against the risk of self-harming behaviors without suicidal intention in Borderline Personality Disorder
Narcissism as a protective factor against the risk of self-harming behaviors without suicidal intention in Borderline Personality Disorder
The prevalence and severity of loneliness and deficits in perceived social support among who have received a ‘personality disorder’ diagnosis or have relevant traits: a systematic review
The prevalence and severity of loneliness and deficits in perceived social support among who have received a ‘personality disorder’ diagnosis or have relevant traits: a systematic review
Narcissism and suicide risk
Narcissism and suicide risk
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