Attachment: How Exercise Affects The Brain

When I was a baby my parents decide to move to the United States but decided to leave me back in Ethiopia with my auntie and grandma until they were able to get settled. For the next few years until I moved to the U.S my grandma was the one that took care of me. Since I didn’t really know my parents other than speaking on the phone I developed more of an attachment with my grandma because she was the person that I saw every day, she took me to school, picked me up and all in all basically took care of me. When I came to this country at 8 years old to live with my parents I would always call my grandma because it felt weird living with people that I just met even though they were my parents. After about 3 months my dad was able to get a visa for my grandma and so she was able to come live with us. Since I developed this attachment to my grandma from a young age, I felt more comfortable when she was there until I got to know my parents and siblings better. …show more content…
When I was in elementary school my teacher would take us out to run before starting her lesson because she said that it would wake us up and our brain function would improve. I noticed that this was true because it made it easier to focus in class and I felt like I could think clearer. Some days before I go to class if I’m feeling tired, sleepy or sick I would just get up in the morning and just do some jumping jacks and pushups to get my brain function up. This really helped on the days that I was sick because if I just did a light exercise for 5 minutes I feel a lot better and way more alert and focused. Now days I usually go to the gym everyday M-F for an hour every morning mainly to get in better shape but it’s helped me perform better in school because of that boost of focus that you feel after a