The origin of sleeping and counting sheep

In the joke, the sheep sighed, "I'm really tired recently!" The rabbit asked, "Why are you tired?" "The sheep replied," There are too many people who can't sleep. They're counting me ... "

Why do people count sheep instead of chickens, ducks and rabbits when they have insomnia?

It turns out that counting sheep hypnosis is an exotic product. In English, the pronunciation of "sheep" and "sleep" is very similar. After repeating the number of sheep many times, the subconscious sleep instructions will work, thus making people fall asleep. But without English context, sheep have nothing to do with sleep. Counting sheep has the same effect as counting other things.

Then we are not British sheep, are we not good for sleep at all? Not exactly. Even simple counting can concentrate, clear the confused thoughts, and help sleep to some extent.

A better way is to start from 300 and count backwards slowly, once every three times, that is, 300, 297, 294, 29 1 ... If you forget during the calculation, start from the beginning or start from any number. When counting, the whole body muscles relax and there are no distractions. As for counting sheep, count other or simple numbers, it's up to you, as long as you don't count things that easily excite you.