Self help hypnosis is gaining ground among mainstream healers, in part because of the efforts of leading hypnotherapist Rick Collingwood and other practitioners of self help hypnosis According to a recent press release posted on the PRWeb.com site, self help hypnosis has always had many advantages over conventional medical therapies, "From a medical perspective, hypnosis and hypnotherapy have gained credibility in recent years due to new research using brain-imaging technology such as MRI, PET and EEG scans. What once was thought to be myth or an imaginative form of self-help therapy comes to light as these scans reveal that hypnotized patients have a truly altered perception of the senses. This new perception gives some the ability to overcome stress, quit smoking, block out pain from surgeries and even erase memories of pain trauma from the past." What these high-tech imaging techniques reveal is that self help hypnosis has real, measurable effects on the human brain, and these effects can help people to feel less pain, overcome disease, and feel better through its healing power. If you only try it, self help hypnosis can make your life better.