Trying to think "don't think, don't think, don't think" seems like it would stress me out. I prefer to count 10 slow breaths as a way to clear my mind. I get m

Trying to think "don't think, don't think, don't think" seems like it would stress me out. I prefer to count 10 slow breaths as a way to clear my mind. I get my body comfortable similar to how the article describes, then I take 10 long slow breaths while focusing only on what number breath I'm on. That seems to be the right amount to knock my internal monologue off of whatever it's been ruminating on so I can fall asleep. Sometimes I don't even make it to 10 -- which is remarkable after a lifetime of insomnia.