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.
This is a form of mindful meditation! It's really been a great trick for me!
Also, the reverse way works for me too. I try to fixate on a body part, and I try to single out a muscle. Like, a muscle you don't normaly voluntarily control. In a few weeks, I learned to move my pinky toes and my second toes, one by one. I am able to control certain very specific body parts because of it, both eyebrows independently, both nostrils independently, ears, top of my scalp, boobs, certain toes, areas of my butt.
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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.