The boxes are stacked in the hallway. The move-in date is set. And somewhere between sorting through kitchen drawers and deciding what goes and what stays, you may be thinking: Where do we even start?
The smoke alarm went off at 2 a.m. because your parent left a pot on the stove, again. You drove forty-five minutes to their house to make sure everything was okay, sat at their kitchen table until your heart stopped racing, and drove home in the dark wondering: How much longer can this go on?
Here's a thought experiment: if you could look at a brain scan of someone who walks three times a week, eats leafy greens regularly, and stays socially active—and compare it to a scan of someone who doesn't do those things—would you expect to see a difference?