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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Liquid moves through your system very quickly. You’re not drinking while you’re asleep, so your bladder stabilizes and doesn’t add much more while you’re asleep.

Chug a bunch of water and then go to sleep. You’ll wake up in the middle of the night to pee.

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