4. Your brain gets fuzzier.
Can’t concentrate? Blame your time between the sheets. Chronic long sleeping can age your brain by as much as 2 years and make it difficult to perform everyday tasks, according to research published in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society.
Irwin says the fact that long sleepers tend to have trouble with basic mental functioning may have to do with how often they wake during the night. If you’re getting up too frequently, you might not be getting enough of the deep, restorative sleep you need.
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