Self help hypnosis is a treatment most often used by psychiatrists to help patients over come a phobia or bad habit. Both conditions are embedded in the subconscious of a subject. Once hypnotized the hypnotist is able to work within the subconscious of the subject to try and reverse the condition by, for example, associating a negative feeling with a certain habit.

  Self help hypnosis has been beneficial for many people in breaking bad habits and overcoming phobias. I have always been uneasy about the fact that a stranger can manipulate me that easily. An example is the self help hypnosis of recalling memory The creation of pseudomemories makes the manipulability of our minds frighteningly real. Our own ability to shape our minds is one thing, but knowing that others have the ability as well changes the picture a great deal. Just knowing that our individual brains can be swayed to a particular side so easily is definitely not for me.