Stay humble, Matt! Your statement is too general.

There are scams, but also many amazing courses etc that contain lifechanging elements from effective psychotherapies. 

The principles I learned from 'self help', helped me to immediately recognize Bitcoin apart from shitcoins on first contact.

My 'self help' friends are the smartest and most openminded people towards Bitcoin and freedomtech.

Self help at its healthy core is self responsibility. 

Undernuanced statements like that, repell smart people and put an ignorant on your otherwise genius and human being. 

I love you.