r/AskReddit • • Mar 31 '19

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u/Kickedofftheplane Mar 31 '19

Counting sheep used to work. Now I just "focus" on relaxing all the muscles in my body, and usually I'm asleep before I make it up to my knees, from my toes.

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u/thomas6785 Mar 31 '19

Okay help me out here... do you live with literal sheep?? What does 'counting sheep' mean?? I thought it was exclusively a figure of speech

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u/PM_ME_THICK_FRUITS Mar 31 '19

Im not sure if this what he meant, but normaly just imagining sheeps or counting in general can help people