I tried it last night but they kept me awake all night with their bleating in my bedroom.
2007-03-06 08:59:21 · 33 answers · asked by Girugamesh 4 in Health ➔ Mental Health
The point of counting sheep is that it is a pointless and mindnumbingly boring task, that focusses your concentration away from the more interesting and tangled problems of real life, thus allowing your mind to gradually switch off.
HOWEVER, if you put too much effort into counting sheep, then it will become part of the problem, try a hot bath and a warm drink instead - you shouldn't be able to get too involved with those things!
Good luck with the sleeping!
2007-03-06 21:09:23 · answer #1 · answered by jop291106 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, i have tried it, and it doesn't really work. The best way to do it is to read a book. Or if u cant be bothered to do that,(like me), you should just lie in bed, relax all your joints and just think of blackness/nothing, doesnt matter if you still cant sleep, at most, 2 hours, after that you will fall asleep.
Normally it maybe that something is on ure mind, or uve been sleeping late, in which case, your body wont fall asleep until after a certain time.
2007-03-06 09:20:11 · answer #2 · answered by Lol 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
lol, yes I've tried it, then I got up and took some benadryl to go to sleep. Sometimes I kind of play out a cartoon in my mind. Its silly and not serious so it doesn't get my mind worrying about things. Plus it sort of kicks off a dream and distracts my mind so I fall to sleep. Doesn't work all the time, but I still use it nightly to try and fall asleep.
2007-03-06 09:03:45 · answer #3 · answered by Kellie 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Its not just the bleating, its the bloody mess the droppings make on the bedclothes as they jump over the bed....bad idea. Now I just snuggle down and comfy with a book til it falls from my hand.
2007-03-06 09:13:21 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I count backwards from 1000 to1, but I try to visualise the numbers as street numbers. I usually get asleep at around 800 when i get insomniac.
P.S. you can also try to count animals that don't make disturbing sounds . Rabbits maybe?
2007-03-06 09:07:32 · answer #5 · answered by Tess@ 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Try reading a book, its a bit more interesting then counting sheep and you may learn something too.sweet dreams when you get to the land of nod
2007-03-06 09:39:33 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
hahah i extremely dont imagine it would count number merely count number them as they hop over the lengthy white gate to the different part and also you'll quickly commence doozing off...hahaha thats humorous
2016-11-28 02:41:12 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes. The sheep told me to get up and take a pill.
2007-03-06 09:03:50 · answer #8 · answered by babydoll 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Haha. I tried it once, but one of the sheep couldnt get over the fence so it jus irritated me! lol
2007-03-06 09:39:11 · answer #9 · answered by mandee_00 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No but then I dont have easy access to a huge bunch of sheeps
2007-03-06 09:14:24 · answer #10 · answered by keeley 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋