I’m not SV, but I’ll allow myself to answer. Having compassion for yourself is precisely the absence of self-pity. Because only a person without an inflated sense of self-importance or self-worth, with a clear head, can say something like, “I’ve driven myself into the ground/destroyed myself/drowned myself; I need to take a break and eat a Twix. I’ve gone the wrong way and lost control over myself.” It’s roughly the difference between the words “to pity” and “to empathize/show compassion.” The first word kills; the second gives life. You shouldn’t pity yourself, but our body and psyche (brain) need compassion if they’ve been driven like a draft horse. Everyone needs rest.
Thank you for regularly reminding us that we need to regularly do exercises and practices and not forget to take care of ourselves 
