It is every parent’s nightmare: finding your offspring has afflicted harm on themselves and thankfully, the worst was avoided. It is not only young people who are prone to harming themselves. Adults too. When this happen, there can be feelings of guilt by the person who harmed themselves or the parent or partner. Questions abound. A visit to the therapist to explore meaning and find possible ways of dealing with this scary situation, could be what the person who causes themselves harm and those affected by this need.