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FiftyTwo comments on Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality discussion thread, part 20, chapter 90 - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: FiftyTwo 04 July 2013 12:13:17AM 0 points [-]

Any thoughts about how to apply this sort of thinking when you're extremely stressed?

Don't?

In all seriousness, its entirely rational to realise you are not in a fit state of mind to examine the issue and focus on other things until you are in a better frame of mind.

Comment author: Velorien 04 July 2013 12:23:49AM 2 points [-]

Pursuant to which, what you do want to do is identify efficient de-stressing methods which work for you, and try to train them to be as reflexive as possible. I know it sounds obvious, but it's a valuable type of conditioning which simply doesn't occur to a lot of people.

Personally, I like meditation and biofeedback, since you can do them whenever and wherever, and use them to either tone down your stress enough to function, or try to get a full reset, depending on how much time you have.

Comment author: Eugine_Nier 04 July 2013 04:54:05AM 1 point [-]

This only works in non-time critical situations.