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I have a minor nitpick, which I would not normally comment on, but I think this post deserves to be more polished and held to a higher standard than regular posts.

Additionally, there is a tendency among humans to use vague and ambiguous language that is equally compatible with multiple interpretations, such as the time that a group converged on agreement that there was "a very real chance" of a certain outcome, only to discover later, in one-on-one interviews, that at least one person meant that outcome was 20% likely, and at least one other meant it was 8

Dambi2y30

Yeah warm compresses are nice and I guess I recommend them as well, especially for relief when symptoms are severe. They are a bit of a hassle though so I recommend looking for other solutions.

The best product for compress that I have found:
https://www.thea-pharmaceuticals.co.uk/products/blephasteam

It gently steams your eyes, so it makes them both warm and moist. I think I do recommend some form of moisture when you do warm compresses.

Elastic Productivity Tools

Dambi2y21

Just throwing in Cold Turkey Blocker as a pretty good tool for blocking stuff. But yeah, it lacks elasticity.
https://getcoldturkey.com/

Luck based medicine: my resentful story of becoming a medical miracle

Dambi2y20

Condition: Dry Eye Syndrome (AKA: your eyes are dry and we don't know why)

Treatments that doctors did not recommend that work well for me:
Moisture-trapping night mask: https://www.eyeeco.com/eyeseals-40-hydrating-sleep-mask-charcoal-black.html?cat-id=

Moisture-trapping glasses: https://www.zienaeyewear.com/products/kai

If the cause is unknown, might as well treat the symptoms.

4Tim Freeman2y

I tend to have itchy eyes. An optometrist suggested "derm dry eye relief mask" by eyeeco. Heat it in the microwave 20 seconds or so and then lay down with this lump of warm stuff on your eyes for 10 minutes until it isn't warm anymore. Gently rub once afterward. This seems to help and I do it fairly reliably. The theory is that there are glands on your eyelids that secrete some magic substance that makes your eyes dry out slower. Those glands get clogged up if you stare at a computer screen and don't blink enough. Rubbing at them does a poor job of removing the cloggy stuff and the warm compress is better because the compress melts it. The optometrist claimed to be able to see the cloggy stuff. This theory predicts that I would have dry eyes if I didn't rub them when they itched. https://www.eyeeco.com/derm-warm-compress-mild-dry-eye-relief.html says they only sell to eye care professionals, but Google finds lots of equivalent competing products I could buy directly. I loathe that business model and I hope the competitors win. They sell it for use with moist compresses, but I don't add any moisture.

Three useful types of akrasia

Dambi3y10

Oh, oops. I added the "categories" as panic-editing after the first comment. I have now returned it to the original (vague) title. Seems like a good time to use the "English is not my native language" excuse.

Thanks! I hope it helps you in the future.

Three useful types of akrasia

Dambi3y20

Thanks for leaving a comment! This is my first LW post, so it's pretty exciting. :)
I will think more about the title when writing future posts.

1james.lucassen3y

This leans a bit close to the pedantry side, but the title is also a bit strange when taken literally. Three useful types (of akrasia categories)? Types of akrasia, right, not types of categories? That said, I do really like this classification! Introspectively, it seems like the three could have quite distinct causes, so understanding which category you struggle with could be important for efforts to fix. Props for first post!

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