When Thoughts Start To Grow

The very first moment of a quiet idea taking root in her little garden of thoughts

I’ve been carrying so many thoughts that never made it anywhere.

Words I almost said, feelings I couldn’t explain, ideas that kept me awake at night.

For so long, everything just stayed inside.

Too loud to ignore, but too tangled to share.

TankeHagen started as a small idea, something I created for myself when everything felt overwhelming.

A quiet place where my thoughts could breathe without judgment.

Somewhere my mind could grow softly, slowly, without pressure.

This is where my thoughts begin to take shape.

This is where I let them grow.

A Mind Full of Noise

The air feels heavy but beautiful, like a storm happening inside her mind

There were times when my mind felt like a storm.

Not chaotic on the outside, but loud and heavy on the inside.

Thoughts were always moving, changing shape before I could catch them.

Some days, I had so many ideas that I didn't know where to put them.

Other days, I could not feel any of them at all.

The moment feels like clarity appearing gently in the middle of confusion

Somewhere between the noise and the quiet,

I realised I needed a place where my thoughts could land

before they disappeared again.

This is what it is like living with ADHD.

Beautiful, overwhelming, loud and quiet all at once.

The First Seed

The first seed of TankeHagen

I didn’t plan to share any of this.

I didn’t plan to be open.

I simply needed a place to exist

without feeling like too much.

So this is my first seed.

Small, fragile, and still learning what it will become.

I do not know what it will grow into,

but I hope it finds you when you need it most.

Because sometimes, all a thought needs

is a place to land.

Yours truly,

TankeHagen♡

“A small garden for the thoughts we’re still learning to understand.”

An illustrated image of TankeHagen’s small garden for the thoughts we’re still learning to understand

Your voice in This Garden🌸

When thoughts start to grow inside you, a feeling you recognise, a memory that returns, or a quiet realisation that begins to take shape.

You are warmly welcome to share it here.

Your words do not have to be perfect. Just write what feels true in this moment.

If something in this post made a thought bloom in you, helped you understand yourself a little more, or made you feel a bit less alone, I would love to hear your reflections in the comments.

This garden grows through the thoughts we nurture together🌱

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