I think its just there to occupy your conscious thoughts with a boring repetitive task. I don't know about anyone else but most of the time when I can't get to sleep it's because my head won't leave me alone.
Plus if you're doing visualizations like I do there's not a much more peaceful headspace you can get into than a nice green pasture with sheep hopping (or doing some sweet kick flips) over a fence.
That's always been my thoughts on the subject, I'm sure if you looked into it more theres probably some legitimate origin to it.
What drug do you take when you want to get some sleep???
Christian Bailey
Noah Scott
diphenhydramine
knocks me right out but takes 30-60mins to kick in