Hello WirelessGuru,

You write: "Wrong! Hypnosis and self-hypnosis is a very important alternative for pain management, among other things!"

Well, writing as a person who has lived with incurable (currently) severe chronic pain for fifteen years now, I can vouch for the efficacy of the mind to help manage pain.
I'm not at all sure that my technique (that took years to develop) can be quantified as self-hypnosis but I think it is at least similar. I call it "going into null space". To put it simply, I drift into a state of mind where I'm aware of my pain (and everything going on around me) but I don't react to any of it at all - I become detached somehow. It's quite a nice place to visit, actually.
I'm curious. Does this sound like self-hypnosis to you?

Regards,

Alex