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Here at the Emergence office we regularly hear stories which are heartbreaking in the extreme, but also, it is true to say, they are also often uplifting. Since the launch of our website in November 2010 we have wondered how we might be able to share these experiences in a positive way.

All the stories we hear have a number of things in common - they are not only the very source of inspiration behind what we do here at Emergence, and why we do it, but they also provide all of us affected by personality disorder with support, advice and inspiration.

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'Caring affects every area of your life'

Carolyn, one of our carer's from the London Support group recently spoke at a conference in Hertfordshire alongside Emergence managing director Kath Lovell and a representative from a local group that supports carers called Carers in Herts.

Here is a transcript of Carolyn's presentation - in  it she sets out her daughter's heartbreaking story and explains what has helped her in her role as a carer.

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