Rewire your potential
I’ve always been curious about how the brain works—especially when it doesn’t seem to. A few years ago, I started questioning why I felt disconnected from my body. Why food became a calculation. Why being “in control” felt safer than being okay. No one gave me a clear answer. Eventually, I found parts of those answers in hospital rooms, research articles, and conversations with neurologists. I realized that what I experienced wasn’t about food. It was about wiring—how stress, fear, and survival instincts can override logic. And how that wiring can change.
This site brings together personal reflections and neuroscience. It’s a space for people trying to understand what’s actually happening underneath disorders we often oversimplify.
Table of Contents
Here is what you will find on this website:
→ My Story – How I first got interested in the brain
→ The Brain & EDs – What neuroscience says about eating disorders/Interviews with professionals
→ Diary – Short entries on days that feel rough
→ Resources – Books, videos, and places to turn if you need support
About Me
Hi—I’m Zeynep.
I’m a high school student who got interested in the brain after realizing mine was working in ways I didn’t understand. I’ve always asked a lot of questions—especially the ones people don’t usually talk about out loud.
I’ve shadowed neurosurgeons in Turkey, volunteered in trauma and neuro units at UCSD, and spent way too many late nights reading studies I didn’t fully understand (until I did). I’m not an expert. I just care a lot about how the brain works, especially when it doesn’t.
This site exists because I wanted a space that felt honest—something between science and experience, clarity and confusion. I built it for people like me, and for anyone who wants to understand what’s going on underneath the surface.
Also, I have a dog named Oliver. He’s a better listener than most humans.