The author, a famous psychophysiologist, introduces readers to the range of problems associated with understanding the nature and mechanisms of communication with oneself (autocommunication). At the same time, attention is focused on the most common “difficult” states of the human psyche (stress, phobias, frustration, monotony), methods and techniques for their correction and prevention of psychosomatic regulation, meditation, self-hypnosis, auto-training, etc. The book is a kind of continuation of the book that has been repeatedly republished and translated into a number of foreign languages by L.P. Grimak “Reserves of the Human Psyche” (Moscow, 1989; 3rd edition is being prepared for publication in URSS). For a wide range of readers interested in problems of psychology. The 2nd edition was published under the title “How to live in harmony with yourself. The beginnings of the psychology of activity"