Xiao Wang is 30 years old, not very old, but feel a lot of problems, often headaches, insomnia. Sometimes tossing and turning throughout the night, it is difficult to sleep. Family and friends have offered many wonderful ideas, what to wash feet before bed, drink milk, what to change the bed, change the pillow, all to no avail. I’m afraid I’ll get addicted to medicine. Recently I heard that counting sheep is good for sleep, so I began to do “shepherd”, as soon as you go to bed and keep counting sheep, one, two, three …, last night counted more than 3,000, although the eyelids are fighting, but can not fall asleep. This morning, when he saw me, he asked: Can counting sheep help you sleep? How many sheep do I have to count before I can sleep? Counting sheep has a certain hypnotic effect, which is confirmed by many English-speaking countries. But it doesn’t work in China. Is it true that the moon is fuller in foreign countries than in China? No, in fact, this method does not work in Japan, Korea and other non-English-speaking countries, why? What is the mystery? In English, sheep: sheep and sleep: sleep are pronounced similarly, and its singular and plural forms are the same. The process of counting sheep is a mechanical monotonous idea that is constantly self-referential, causing people to drift off to sleep. The poor insomniacs know what they are doing but do not know what they are doing, so they just keep counting sheep, which can lead them to sweet dreams. Insomnia is not terrible, the most fear is that the insomniacs themselves are afraid of insomnia, (Oh, a bit roundabout), that is to say, people who have had insomnia, very afraid of their own insomnia again, often do this and that to prevent insomnia, not knowing that this is to remind themselves “may be insomnia”. The more worried you are, the more you can’t sleep, and the more you can’t sleep, the more worried you are, which turns into a vicious circle in the long run, making you anxious when you think about bed and sleep. To break this vicious circle, find the sweet dreamland. You can take some medication, the prerequisite is, of course, to see a doctor, and still to find a specially trained specialist. The doctor will guide you on how to take the medication and how long to take it. You know, doctors are also afraid of side effects and addiction! Still don’t want to take pills? Then you can only pay attention to your sleep hygiene and develop good sleep habits: go to bed only when you are sleepy; get up when you can’t sleep; get up regularly in the morning; don’t eat coffee or alcohol before going to bed and don’t exercise strenuously. If you really want to count, then how many “years” it is, try it?