Does Self-Help Really Help?

I think you answered your own question.

People can read stuff until they are blue in the face. But, if they don't implement consistent action using what they have learned, nothing changes.

Some people do seek out the self-help stuff simply to get their "high" from the material. They consume the material, get motivated, feel empowered for a little while, but do nothing different than they normally would. The feeling wears off, their lives don't change, and they go seeking their next "fix."

Some people read personal development material, take it to heart, and create new, positive daily rituals and habits. Creating these new habits and taking the action to do so is what produces changes in the lives of these people. So, for these people, the information they've gained to improve themselves is invaluable.

You even say in your own post that you didn't see any changes until you started taking massive action by studying and implementing.

I guess the lesson here is that if you do what you've always done, you'll get what you've always got.

Self help stuff does work. My favorite book is Law of Success. Why? Its 25 years of secrets from the richest men in the world. Unfortunately most people's parents and family were not rich and passed down poor programming. They taught the typical 97% poor and middle class ways. Autosuggestion is necessary to turn your belief system around. Its a bunch of giants running around thinking they are ants and a few giants who know they are giants. Self help if you follow what you read and hear allows you to awaken the giant and become a more powerful human being.

Yes it helps. Its a matter to learning and applying correctly and a need to balance and complement both.

You need to be out there already and read the books along the way. Not the other way around

Sometimes it is better to help yourself than to seek help to others when no one can help. You will learn from your mistakes.

Self help is a pretty broad topic and not limited to only the Law of Attraction. I think personal development definitely helps and it should be remembered that using it to make money is only one area.

For example most atheletes use some form of sports psychology which is typically based on the principles of visualization, psycho cybernetics etc.

It is true though that a lot of people who study self help are not financially successful, but the fact is that only a small minority of the population in general is financially successful. Which is probably largely because it is easier to say an affirmation or dream about being wealthy than it is to do the work that is required to make it a reality.

Obviously self help is the best help,no confusion here.
For this reason ,every single person should self sufficient.
Every legend in the history talk about it ,they define it in many ways but meaning is always same.

I might not have been clear in my original post. What I mean is that there are two types of self-help genres (from my observation). There's the practical, pragmatic side, which is the side that gives the reader practical information which could be put into immediate action. Then there's the side that just write feel good stuff that leaves the reader lost. The latter, I think, is purposely done for obvious reasons.

No doubt, self help is best help. every successful person have belief on self.

Self help is good when you need medicine from being around negative people. Watch a YT vid or something.

Self-help in a lot of ways, changed my life for the better. Not only pertaining to IM but also things like girls and just being social.

Self-help really helps especially, when reading books that helps us motivates ourselves. Especially if we are putting them into action, sometimes its inevitable for us to lose control and would sometimes feel down because we think we can no longer surpass the problems that we encounter. But with the help of reading books, quotes and others will definitely helps us move forward.

I think self help training helps, but in small doses, so someone digests it easily, and put it to action. If self help is too much, someone can become overwhelmed, and instead of taking action, is paralized by analysis.
So, to my opinion....self help needs to be handled with care, to avoid the overdose

Self-help is effective, I mean it has to. We don't really have much of a choice. After all, if we cant "self-help" ourselves (sorry for the redundancy), then nobody else will.