Some people swear by self help hypnosis. They claim it has helped them with everything from weight loss to phobias. I have never really taken it all that serious but I use something similar to it to help me relax and sleep when I'm going through a sleepless stage. I was doing a search for some self help hypnosis tips and found lots of sites with advise. You can buy CD's and books online that claim to be able to treat your various problems with self help hypnosis. One of the sites I found said that you only need a private quiet area and a place to sit or lay down to do self help hypnosis. You relax yourself as much as possible without falling to sleep. I found that counting down from 100 has helped me and they advise it as well. I think it just helps you focus on relaxing instead of having your mind jumping all over the place. Having an affirmation and an image of yourself as successful and happy is something else they advise.