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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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JynxModerator15 Apr 2026, 9:25 pm AEST

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@MissGremlin wrote:

@Jynx then there's me being able to support a post and feeling guilty for being able to do so 😂

I get you haha @MissGremlin I've been seeing it go down for others recently too, and then boom, happens to me. Sad face 😓

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Rosepetal96Senior Contributor15 Apr 2026, 9:26 pm AEST

Re: ~ Toolshed 2: Power Tools for Recovery ~

Beautiful quotes, very resonating @Mustang67

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MissGremlinSenior Contributor15 Apr 2026, 9:28 pm AEST

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@Jynx awww that support post isn't very supportive sometimes. It stops working for me sometimes but I find that closing my browser and reopening it again seems to fix it. Hoping i didn't just jinx myself now 😂.

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JynxModerator15 Apr 2026, 9:30 pm AEST

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@ENKELI wrote:

@Jynx lol Jynxy, I brushed past your post because I thought it was mine as I had posted the same picture earlier!!

How are you sweet Jynx? Are you and your furbabies well? xo

Haha @ENKELI it's kinda fun how many different pictures of support buttons the community has managed to rustle up!!

I'm well, kitties are gooood, getting up to their usual mischief! How's your world? 💜

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DownMoreThanUpSenior Contributor15 Apr 2026, 9:40 pm AEST

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@Mustang67 Yes i'm learning all this too.

Hard lesson tho or not? i'm struggling to apply such strength you speak instead of brute force i'm been taught to use.

@Jynx @MissGremlin @Rosepetal96 @tyme @ENKELI @heartathome @Appleblossom

Staying On Board

Some mornings I wake already drowning,
before the day has even begun.
Thoughts are loud, my body shaking,
and it feels like nowhere is safe to run.

The mind can turn against itself quickly,
old pain speaking as if it is now.
Everything feels urgent and heavy,
and I forget what I know somehow.

I try to fix it by force or reason,
but the more I push, the more I spin.
So I’m learning a smaller kind of courage:
stay here, breathe, do not give in.

Not every thought is telling the truth.
Not every feeling must be obeyed.
This storm may press with all its fury,
but storms do pass, and so will this wave.

I’m not weak because I am struggling.
I’m not lost because I feel undone.
Sometimes the bravest thing I can do
is stay on board until the worst is gone.

And when I cannot hold much steady,
I hold just this, till light appears:
this moment is not all that I am,
and I do not have to disappear.

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JynxModerator15 Apr 2026, 9:54 pm AEST

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@MissGremlin wrote:

@Jynx awww that support post isn't very supportive sometimes. It stops working for me sometimes but I find that closing my browser and reopening it again seems to fix it. Hoping i didn't just jinx myself now 😂.

Not a bad idea @MissGremlin... lemme give it a whirl! Also good pun teehee

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JynxModerator15 Apr 2026, 9:56 pm AEST