article_snippet: but thankfully I was sitting down. '
article_snippet: Instead of getting home and doing my homework like all the other kids, I would just fall straight to sleep on the sofa. '
article_snippet: On one visit to New York with my family I had to lie down next to a tree on the pavement as I was too exhausted to move. '
article_snippet: What should be a ten minute walk can take me 40 minutes as I'll need to sit down and take breaks. '
article_snippet: Even in my exams recently I had special circumstances where I could lie down on a mat if I needed a break.
article_snippet: I lay there for what seemed forever unable to move, until eventually I could finally sit up. '