Ya know, it is all about you some times. I'm in complete sympathy; I'm the same way. When I'm not neck deep in it at the moment, I can see that illness is illness, and when I'm ill, I need to take care of myself. But when I'm in the cycle, and hanging on by my fingernails, I just don't find the same compassion for myself as I would if I had the flu or pneumonia or something. But I can't see that it's any different. I hope to get better and better at being kind to myself. That the cycles are interruptive to my life, is something I can't change, but how I treat myself about that is something I can change.

Bp may be the nemesis of a good philosophy, but it is a gateway to the same, no?