Yes I think it does. You need to get rid of it before temptation draws you back into the SI spiral. You know SI isn't good for you, or you wouldn't have worked so hard to stop. Well done for stopping!!! You should be very proud of yourself. Don't ruin all that hard work. I don't want to sound preach-y, so forgive me. I just dont think you (or anyone) truly deserves to hurt themselves.

Try distracting yourself. I find drawing in red pen what I want to do to my arms helps when I rly rly want to SI. Just looking at the pen, seeing it there, helps the urges go cos I've 'acted' on it. Just, take care of you, ok?

As for the rash, try rubbing some antihistamine cream (which contains a local anaesthetic) in - it always helps me when I'm scratching my skin til it bleeds.

Keep posting if you need to Take care

*Willow*