eli5/ why do we have such a tolerance for needing to pee when asleep?

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if i am awake and drinking like I usually do i’ll pee extremely frequently and the accumulation of that fluid is never apparent when looking at me but when i wake up i have so much stuff to pee out that accumulated at the bladder that i look like I’ve just found out i’m pregnant why is it that if i tried to hold it in when i was awake i’d be in a great deal of discomfort but i don’t wake up in discomfort but am visibly swollen with fluid

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If you’re lying horizontal in bed, is there less pressure on the bladder than when you are seated/standing?

If there’s pressure on the bladder applied when seated/standing, is that due to gravity and/or the weight of your internal organs applying downward pressure?

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