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~ Toolshed 2: Power Tools for Recovery ~

JynxModerator14 Nov 2025, 4:58 pm AEDT

~ Toolshed 2: Power Tools for Recovery ~

Hey hi hello! Welcome to the second iteration of...

~ The Toolshed ~

I decided to make a new thread, as the first one had errors and phantom pages, and was getting quite long! You can still find all the amazing pics, inspiring quotes, and uplifting messages of the first Toolshed here.

What is the Toolshed? Ain't a place to hang your hammer! Hehe this is a space where we can share the things that have helped us in our recovery. Tools, coping skills, inspiring ideas, and messages of hope and growth, is what this space is all about!!

You can stay connected and up to date on this space by favouriting, or by subscribing to the thread - head to the top of the page, and find the three dots to the right of the thread title (next to the star), click, and from the drop down menu you can 'favourite' or 'subscribe' - and clicking the star itself will also favourite the thread for you.

Favourite threads are then always available in your favourites list which should appear on the right hand side of most forums pages - or you can go to your profile and scroll down to the 'Favourites' section under your recent posts.

If you subscribe, it means that you will get a notification every time someone posts something new in the thread. So up to you if you simply want it to be always accessible, or if you want all the updates, or both!

I invite anyone who wishes to contribute to do so! It doesn't have to be pictures, it can be discussion, questions, videos, whatever you like! So without further ado, here's my latest batch!

Tagsalad (alphabetical order stolen from @Former-Member hehe):

@AlwaysMyself @Appleblossom @AuntGlow @avant-garde @Blackcloud @Bow @Captain24 @Chasingsunsets @creative_writer @Cuddlebear @Dimity @DownMoreThanUp @MissGremlin @ENKELI @GezzaP @Glisten @heartathome @Jacques @Judi9877 @Kashmina @lonemushroom @Meowmy @MJG017 @Mustang67 @NightFury @Oaktree @PeppiPatty @puppydoglover @rav3n @RebelliousAngel @REDLINEZ750 @RiverSeal @Ru-bee @Shaz51 @SleeplessRaven @The-red-centaur @Till23 @tyme @0ddsidian

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BlackcloudSenior Contributor12 Jan 2026, 7:53 am AEDT

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@Mustang67 Honestly, the 2nd, 3rd and 7th ones hit me very hard regarding childhood trauma — most of it comes from what I’ve experienced in primary school (also high school but primary school was worse) and also what I’ve sometimes experienced from my own parents back then

The part about healing attachment issues on the 7th one is something I’ve had for almost all of my life. Even to this day, I still have difficulties forming proper connections with others and there’s been a lot of instances throughout my life where I’ve chose to end friendships & dissociating myself from everyone even those that are part of my family.

Well fast forward to now, my mum is the only person I still connect with but not my dad and my sister…my sister is non-verbal & is low functioning autistic. however, when I was young I used to do things to her that i now wish I should’ve not done because that’s the main reason she’s been continuously scared of me ever since then & looking at how she’s been towards me for all these years (her being scared of me which made me super angry and upset each time) I don’t see things ever getting better in terms of our relationship.

Don’t worry though I have already moved out of home & am living by myself. The last time I saw my sister was only during New Year’s Day in 2025 (Jan 1 2025).

On top of all that, I’ve been having what’s called ‘celebrity worship syndrome’ or ‘idol worship syndrome (I’ve learnt that that’s an actual thing but still yet to be considered as a clinical condition) that’s been part of the majority of my life…a lot of that has to do with me choosing to dissociate everyone from my life & struggling to accept reality because things that are shown in the media are portrayed as ‘perfect’ & that has been like my coping mechanism…

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BlackcloudSenior Contributor12 Jan 2026, 7:59 am AEDT

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Thankyou @Flutterbug9 for these wonderful quotes 💗💗

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MissGremlinSenior Contributor12 Jan 2026, 8:49 am AEDT

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@Bunniekins @Jynx @Cuddlebear @Blackcloud @PeppyPatti @MedicinalGypsy @GezzaP @avant-garde @NightFury @MJG017 @ENKELI @Glisten @Meowmy @Bow @Dimity @Snowie @Eve7 @outlander @Emelia8 @Chasingsunsets @AlwaysMyself @Flutterbug9 @Captain24 @Mustang67 @heartathome @DownMoreThanUp @REDLINEZ750 @Shaz51 @Till23 @Appleblossom @SmilingGecko @Kashmina @lonemushroom @SleeplessRaven @puppydoglover @Rosepetal96 @happy222 @Sadness2015 @R_nie912 @creative_writer @The-red-centaur @DahliaDreams @TAB @Jacques @StuF @Judi9877 @rav3n @Ru-bee @AuntGlow @RiverSeal @0ddsidian @Oaktree @tyme