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How can a person sleep sitting up?

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Nana60rocks

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11y ago
Updated: 8/20/2019

Many people can fall asleep standing up. Though once the person falls asleep their body becomes very relaxed and will not be able to keep the body upright. You can sleep propped up but most likely you will fall over.

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