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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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Flutterbug9Senior Contributor09 June 2026, 7:26 pm AEST

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@Taali Please don’t stop if it helps you.

my question was only seeking info.
knowing helps my understanding

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EternalFlowerSenior Contributor09 June 2026, 9:15 pm AEST

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@Flutterbug9 thank u sm

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ENKELISenior Contributor09 June 2026, 11:43 pm AEST

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@Flutterbug9 I love these! Thanks for sharing xo

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MissGremlinSenior Contributor10 June 2026, 1:57 am AEST

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

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DownMoreThanUpSenior Contributor10 June 2026, 3:56 am AEST

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@MissGremlin Thanks your support as well as your wonderful affirmation to not heed lies about ourselves but hold onto to self love surviving loveless states.

@Jynx @ENKELI @EternalFlower @Flutterbug9 @Bunniekins @TAB @Shaz51 @Chasingsunsets

A Pit left behind

As I climb over the rim, I clearly see;
a trembling passes through what once was me:
below, without bottom, the pit still lies
an open wound beneath familiar skies.

A depth that calls without a sound,
a pull that circles, drawing down;
not distant, not elsewhere to flee
but something once alive in me.

Dark thoughts pound, not one, but many
threaded tight, accusing, heavy;
guilt and shame in woven breath,
whispering doubt, foretelling death.

Pressing, pressing, ever near,
feeding on remembered fear;
not from outside do they creep
but from the places buried deep.

And still they reach they cling, they claim
through heat, through spark, through searing flame;
my footing falters, stones give way,
old fires licking at my clay.

Why did I carry what burns so long?
Why did I call that darkness strong?
A weight once worn as part of me,
now seen for what it came to be.

Above, not distant, yet not near
a Light that neither shouts nor fears;
no force, no push, no binding claim,
yet steady still, and still the same.