One of the best self help treatments for stress is meditation and relaxation techniques. There are many self help stress DVDs, CDs, and tapes dedicated to just that purpose—teaching you techniques to relax and manage your stress level. There are many methods of stress reduction and relaxation, although many of them include mediation, relaxing music, soothing nature sounds, or a soothing bass voice simply telling you that everything is going to be okay.

Another common and popular self help stress treatment tool is hypnosis. You may think that hypnosis is not possible without a professional, but the truth is that you can easily use hypnosis on yourself to help you overcome stress, relax, and eliminate stressors from your life. You will find that most self help hypnosis is accomplished with DVDs or CDs that walk you through the process and wake you up again. There are also some self help ebooks on the subject. Hypnosis is proven to work in these cases, but you should be careful. Even though you are doing it on your own, you should never attempt hypnosis without a safety—someone there whom you can trust that will pull you back into consciousness if necessary.