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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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@TAB you're welcome ☺️. Lol you're getting closer to being finished. I'm about to be finished with the TV show I've been watching.

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@MissGremlin thank you sweetheart. They are special

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@Meowmy you're so welcome sweetheart. I think you're pretty special ❤️.

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@MissGremlin thank you sweetheart. I think you are special too. I had a pleasant outing. Thank you for support

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Thankyou @Meowmy sweet. I'm glad you had a pleasant outing. Always here for you ❤️.

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@MissGremlin thank you sweetheart. Have good sleep

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Thanks @MissGremlin I needed those positive words tonight. xxx

majority of today went fairly well after a late start. Pain in shoulder joints has calmed down a lot. Managed to get some chores done today.

that was prior to hearing some news this afternoon that sent me emotionally crashing.
daytime flashbacks of extremely emotional and upsetting days in 2019. Triggered by the word 😢

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@Flutterbug9 you're so welcome sweet ❤️.

I'm glad the majority of your day went pretty well and that the pain calmed down alot. You did so well to get some chores done, really proud of you.

I'm sorry you got some news that sent you emotionally crashing and being triggered by a word, that sounds so tough.

Sending you lots of gentle hugs sweetheart, I'm here for you ❤️.

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Yesterday evening I was in lots of tears and not in a good way emotionally @MissGremlin

Hearing the word “sepsis” sent my mind back to a day toward the end of 2019, only a short time after being told my husband had terminal cancer.

memories of sitting for hrs in ED with him hooked up to lots of different monitors, his temperature over 40 degrees, seeing him shivering and saying he was cold even though he had 3 hospital blankets on him, oxygen mask on. Memories of walking out of the cubicle as, due time of the day, I had to go home at time of handover, seeing drs standing just outside the cubicle, pointing straight ahead and saying words of “sepsis” and “ICU”. Following day staff on ward he was on told me he had pneumonia, oxygen mask and, due to a “scare” overnight, was on a heart monitor.

yesterday hearing the word “sepsis” brought it all back and dumped some very upsetting, horrible, scary memories on me.

im hoping to see my GP tomorrow for referral for shoulder ultrasound. I’m trying to hope the pain is due to bursitis, scared it’s all from inner shoulder joint which will mean shoulder replacement surgery at some stage, something I’m hoping to never have to go through

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@Flutterbug9 oh sweetheart, that sounds so tough. I'm sorry that hearing that word brought up so many hard and scary memories for you.

I'm hoping the shoulder pain isn't anything that will require surgery.

Sitting with you sweet and sending you lots of love and hugs ❤️.

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