Category: Knowing Yourself/Make a Difference/Mental Health/Readers Stories/Recovery/Self harm/Tina Blacksmith Skin Picking: The Urge and Feeling Like a Failure Posted On 8th January 20188th January 2018 By 1in4 I started picking my skin again. It’s hard not to be disappointed when I slip up again. I started feeling like a failure, like I have no control over my life. But a setback does not make me a failure.