Two nights of broken sleep can make people feel years older, finds study

‘If you want to feel young, the most important thing is to protect your sleep,’ says the study’s author.

Two nights of broken sleep are enough to make people feel years older, according to researchers, who said consistent restful slumber was a key factor in helping to stave off feeling one’s true age.

Psychologists in Sweden found that, on average, volunteers felt more than four years older when they were restricted to only four hours of sleep for two consecutive nights, with some claiming the sleepiness made them feel decades older.