Eli5 why grown ups do not fall down from the bed?

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I am wondering why small kids ( even a few years old) fall down from the bed while changing their position but bigger children /adults do not, no matter how much they move while sleeping?

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I slept in a very rustic cabin this summer, on a friend’s property. Three levels: concrete floor with carpeting and a stone sink and counter, then a wooden ladder leading ~10 feet up to a 8′ wide platform, with really no rails besides support posts near the head and the feet. Open middle area that you could have scooted forward and jumped off if you wanted to. Then there was a third level at the top for storage and whatever.

That night, I smoked a joint with friends before bed and tried to sleep. However, I could not shake the thought of what would happen if I rolled off the platform in my sleep. I tried to rationalize to myself that I haven’t had any history of rolling of the bed at home, and wasn’t likely to do so there, but I basically had to wait an hour or so for my brain to tire itself out, before I could sleep. Not a very restful stay in that place…

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