wedrifid comments on Akrasia Tactics Review - Less Wrong

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Comment author: wedrifid 31 July 2010 04:01:41AM 0 points [-]

It sounds like you are somewhat different there. For me the mental state where I am most adept at solving technical challenges (hypomania) is more or less self reinforcing. In that state I get a lot of everything done. Both work and procrastination. The resisting of temptation relies on an entirely different mechanism.