Living with a long-term condition often comes with a quiet inner commentary: I should be doing more, I used to manage this, I am letting people down.
That voice costs energy you cannot spare. Self-compassion is the practice of spending less of it.
It can be very ordinary. Resting before you are desperate. Saying no earlier. Speaking to yourself as you would to a friend having a hard week.
Nothing about your condition changes. But the way you carry it can become a little lighter, and that difference is real.