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Counting sheep is a mental exercise used in some European cultures as a means of lulling oneself to sleep. In most depictions of the activity, the practitioner envisions an endless series of identical white sheep jumping over a fence, while counting the number that do so. The idea, presumably, is to induce boredom whil... more at Wikipedia
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| Condition | Members | Success |
| Insomnia | 601 |
23% |
| Chronic Fatigue Syndrome | 1 |
0% |
Overall, 23% (602
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helps after i take my sleeping pill
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Sometimes has helped me relax a bit.
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counting backward from 1000 actually
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Count everything say the rosary god i do it all.
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i actually stare at my alarm clock and count the seconds between the minutes. It's blue so it makes my eyes tired and i find its hard for me to stay focused, but after awhile it helps my eyes get tired. Ive been doing it since i was a kid
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In rare cases when I feel exhausted, I don't count sheep but things like names beginning with the alphabet etc
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helps to keep me from overthinking things as I lie in bed.
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Always trying
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after hours and hours of counting
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