Self-hypnosis can be used for just about anything that depends on your own efforts. "Your own efforts," incidentally, is a much broader category than most people think. For instance, it includes many of the autonomically mediated functions ? those things your body does without your conscious involvement. So your use of self-hypnosis is not limited to just those things you consciously do and control.
A complete list of all of the ways in which self-hypnosis has been used would be too long and probably impossible to compile.
However, here is a partial list of applications:
Academic Applications
1. Class Participation Fears
2. Communication Apprehension
3. Concentration
4. Focus, Attention Span
5. Learning
6. Memory (see Memory, below)
7. Presentation Skills
8. Sleep Assisted Learning
9. Stage Fright
10. Study Skills
11. Subject Mental Block Removal
Addictions
1. Chemical
2. Substance
Attitude
1. Career
2. Family
3. Interpersonal
4. School
5. Work
Career Enhancement
1. Behavioral Control
2. Concentration
3. Decision Making
4. Focus
5. Motivation
6. Tenacity
Concentration
Fears, Phobias
Fitness
Habit Control
1. Food and Eating
2. Nail Chewing
3. Procrastination
4. Smoking
5. Substance Abuse
Health
Image Projection
1. How others perceive you.
Learning
1. Removing blocks
2. Concentration,
3. Comprehension
Medical
1. Analgesia
2. Anesthesia
3. Bodily Functions (under autonomic control)
4. Dermatology (warts, rashes, skin conditions, etc.)
5. Healing Facilitation
6. Obstetrics (birth, related procedures)
7. Pain
8. Skin Conditions (Dermatology)
9. Tinnitus (ringing in the ears)
10. Treatment Motivation
Memory
1. Academic Studies
2. Dream Memories
3. Names and Faces
Motivation
1. Academic
2. Career, Job Performance
3. Fitness, Health
4. Personal Achievement, Development
5. Sports
Pain Control
Performance
1. Music
2. Sports
3. Business
4. Personal
5. Speaking
6. Academic.
Personal Relationships
Problem Solving
Reading
1. Blocks
2. Speed
3. Comprehension
4. Motivation
Sales
1. Attitude
2. Memory for Names, Faces, Facts
3. Motivation
4. People Smarts
5. Personality, Likeability
6. Persuasive Qualities
7. Subliminal Communication
8. Tenacity, Drive
Self Confidence
Sex
1. Dysfunctions
2. Inhibitions
3. Mental blocks
4. Increased pleasure
Shyness
Sleep
1. More sleep
2. Less sleep
3. Better sleep
Smoking, Quitting (of course!)
Speech
1. Speaking in Public
2. Audience Rapport
3. Concentration
4. Memory
5. Presence of Mind on Stage
6. Stage Fright
Sports Performance
1. Competitiveness
2. Sportsmanship
3. Concentration
4. Drive
5. Image Rehearsal
6. Peak Performance
7. Practice Effects
Stress, Tension
1. Anxiety Attacks
2. Hypertension
3. Panic Attacks
4. Relaxation
5. Stress Management
Subliminal Communication
Weight Loss
1. Control
2. Dieting
3. Eating disorders