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~ Toolshed 2: Power Tools for Recovery ~

~ 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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Oh @Mustang67 I cannot wait to see it.


tomorrow I’m interviewing my new support worker to help me make earrings. I have this huge cardboard box full of stuff iv bought for years.
you know pliers, a very attractive

hammer for hitting on bronze for some reason people do. Wire very nice looking beads

wish it was you. My unit is full of junk

I will cry the next person who comes to me to tell me how much their home is worth.

that’s it

@ENKELI @Misty7 @DownMoreThanUp @Jynx @TAB

hope your night is going well. I went to church again.

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@Bunniekins @Cuddlebear @avant-garde @NightFury @MJG017 @Captain24 @Flutterbug9 @Chasingsunsets @heartathome @REDLINEZ750 @Bellaley @ENKELI @Glisten @DownMoreThanUp @Realness @Shaz51 @Appleblossom @Meowmy @PeppyPatti @Mustang67 @SmilingGecko @GezzaP @StuF @TAB @Jacques @Bow @Dimity @Snowie @Eve7 @outlander @Emelia8 @Blackcloud @R_nie912 @Rosepetal96 @Sophia1 @Kashmina @SleeplessRaven @MedicinalGypsy @LexieJo @creative_writer @The-red-centaur @Sadness2015 @happy222 @lonemushroom @DahliaDreams @puppydoglover @Judi9877 @Jynx @Ru-bee @AuntGlow @RiverSeal @0ddsidian @Oaktree @tyme

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Morning @MissGremlin 🙂

I'm off to work soon

I hope you have a good day!

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@MissGremlin thanks sweetheart

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@PeppyPatti " I went to church again. " Feeling a little jealous! i have not been able to go since my last psychotic episode near 2 months ago. Its been just Jesus and me enjoying each others company. Did you enjoy it? Get anything out of it worth your while?

@Jynx @Meowmy @StuF @MissGremlin @heartathome @Appleblossom

It is quiet now!

Not silence beating me fear—
no darkness obscuring me—

just… quiet

the air no longer trembles
no voices pressing in from all sides
no hands pulling at thought or breath

just space.

something inside loosens

a grip I thought was part of me
is simply… gone

I wait for it—

the surge, the noise,
the command to bend again—

nothing comes

only breath

steady… slow

I can hear it now

my own voice

not forced, not shaped,
not echoing another—

mine

the ground feels different

not shifting, not cracking beneath me
but holding—quietly, without demand

I stand on it

unsure at first

then still

there is a light here—

not blinding, not burning,
not something to fear—

just clear

it does not shout
it does not accuse

it shows

what is, as it is

and I see—

nothing is chasing me now

no shadow stretching behind thought
no edge pressing at my back

I turn

and nothing follows

(nothing needs to)

something like warmth
begins to return

not taken, not forced—

allowed

I feel it in small things

in breath
in stillness
in simply being here

the need to run fades

the need to hide softens

the need to fight dissolves

I remain

and that is enough

time moves differently now

not hunted, not consumed—

open

there is room to choose

room to move without fear

room to be without becoming
something I am not

I am still here

not broken
not owned

here

and in this quiet space—

something new
begins to take root.

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Morning @StuF, thankyou ❤️. Hope work goes ok and that the day treats you kindly ☺️.

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You're so welcome @Meowmy sweetheart, hope you're doing ok ❤️.

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@DownMoreThanUp well done

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@MissGremlin maybe at some stage i will get support button back and then i will come back and use it here on your wonderful affirmations! love the witchy cat! love you sweetheart. bunxxx

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@Bunniekins oh that support button, those gremlins need to stay away from it 😂. Hope you have a lovely day sweetheart. Love you beautiful ❤️.

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