tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36948433.post3514238031620346099..comments2024-01-18T17:46:42.866-05:00Comments on October Rose: This, that, and the otherbittenbyknittinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03319831711404273005noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36948433.post-47911369531020979632012-07-08T10:36:37.472-04:002012-07-08T10:36:37.472-04:00I had insomnia my entire life up until a few years...I had insomnia my entire life up until a few years ago. Now I'm asleep almost before my head hits the pillow. I don't know what changed, but whatever it was, I'm grateful. <br /><br />What would sometimes help when I couldn't sleep was something called counting thoughts. You let yourself think about whatever comes to mind, but at the same time you keep a count of the distinct number of thoughts. It's a type of meditation that theoretically calms you down because you're not concentrating on the content of your thoughts, just keeping track of the number of them. By contrast, I could never count sheep because they would start out gently jumping over the fence and then soon run amok.flurrioushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10741818444546974100noreply@blogger.com