Originally Posted by NichePay - StuartD

It's a side effect of the new age of constant and faster information. Your brain has to take in everything faster than ever before, and at a constant pace.
It gets to the point where you go to lie down for some sleep, but the information doesn't stop... you just keep thinking about this and that and figuring out what to do next on several projects and bills you need to pay and the conversations you had on icq that day....

it can be overwhelming.

I'd suspect that it's because you are on your own, you're keeping yourself more busy than usual.... more occupied. And at the end of the day, your mind can't shut itself off... it just keeps racing.

You need to slow down your mind to get the sleep you need. Either by unpluggin for a while, finding some way to relax yourself completely, meditating or just what ever you end up finding that works for you.