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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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Yes, we seem to be in sync with our sleep patterns.

I don't go to bed until I feel exhausted and then can't sleep at all. Oh well, such is life....

Hope you're travelling well 😘

@DownMoreThanUp @TAB @MissGremlin @heartathome

Take care of yourselves.

Taali 💙

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32° would be lovely for me @Taali 19° is a bit cool. I don't like the cold but wait till Summer really hits and I might start complaing about that! 😉 I'm sure meeting with your old friends will be great but I can fully understand the anxiety! I get social anxiety too and always think of the worst case scenario first! I feel the fear and most of the time do it anyway! Good on you for planning on catching up with them! Is there a time limit on your support worker? How long have you been seeing her? My son has been seeing his for four years and I worry about the same thing. She and I are all he's got and he's very dependant on both of us! He would feel totally lost without us. He does have a dog and cat to keep him company but it's not the same. He's an only child and a loner. Hold your head up high, taali. You are very special and seem to have a great sense of humour! Your friends are lucky to have you in their lives! 💚

Good morning @DownMoreThanUp @Emelia8 @MissGremlin @TAB and all others. I hope you have a beautiful day my friends!

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Yes I'm thinking of cancelling the outing with my friends 🧡

Just being a woos 😌

I'll give another hour before I make a decision.

There's no real timeline for my support worker, but she has told me that their (her mental health organisation) making changes to the criterion for ongoing support.

She, and I, am very unhappy about the changes that have and will be made.

I've been seeing her for a couple of years now, but I don't think we connected until my last hospital admission. I honestly don't remember her prior to that. It's true!

Could be became I was feeding my addiction for most of the past few years.

I need to have updated referrals from my psychiatrist, which is the only reason I continue to see him apart from prescriptions..

I'm hoping to get a health care plan from my GP to cover physiotherapist/acupuncturist , podiatrist but it doesn't cover her

Yeah, won't be long before we start complaining about the heat but for now I'm enjoying the warm weather

Just heard the news and it's 6:45 and already 25° here 😁

Maybe I'll go to the dog park and try to motivate myself soon.

Take care 🙂

Taali 💙

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Morning @heartathome sweet ❤️.

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Morning @Taali and @DownMoreThanUp ❤️.

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Good morning Missy Moo!

How are you today?

Please tell me that you slept well last night

I've cancelled both my catch up dates today and don't feel the slightest bit guilty 🙃

Bad huh??

I tell myself that I just have to be self-loving.

I'm referring to my previous post

Taali 💙

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@Taali it's not bad at all, you're looking out for yourself and your needs.

Take care of yourself sweet.

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@Cuddlebear @Meowmy @TAB @StuF @Bunniekins

@SmilingGecko @MissGremlin @AuntGlow @0435qld

@Chasingsunsets @heartathome @Realness @Appleblossom

@Jacques @PeppyPatti @Icaruslanded @ENKELI

@Lozenge @Jynx @Taali @Shaz51 @Fluttershy1 @creative_writer

@wonderingalice1 @Captain24 @Emelia8

@passepartout @YETI-Bear @Historylover

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When you see a lot of crooked people walking around please walk a straight line so crooked can see what it means to walk straight Up.

When you feel down the dumps please check the garbage for you might find the real treasure you thrown out.

Suffering often sees the beloved go but remember they leave because they suffer your suffering not suffering you.

Feeling that life is not worth living in that pit anymore badly needs more good life to get that feeling out.

The cruelest thing we can do is to leave behind the person we already badly hurt, not tending their wounds.

Only when I was unable did I realise how much more able is needed to be enabled able.

Sadly those who say they care, but do not as they say, never take care of themselves either.

When we judge others unworthy for a visit we gain unworthy and are judged not worth the visit.

Burying the truth of our bad life always ends up burying our good life with us alive.

When your love is rejected by others your love can only get better loving yourself better.

Every lie spoken lies about the truth of the speaker speaking lies.

To speak the wrongs of another sadly means you also had wrong as a mother.

Spreading hurtful wrongs always has those demons hurting where they don't belong.

Waking up dull in the head tells us we didn't see any thieves in our night either.

Running the race too far ahead badly beats the last runners before they finish their race.

It is easy to laugh at a fool until you see The Fool laugh mirroring The Fool living in you.

Only when The Truth reveals the lie to us can the truth of the lie be seen by us.

When you jump in bed with a lie sleep disappears along with all the rest you value.

Feeling accused truth told, backhands deeds done - not at all the truth spoken.

Love forgives when wronged life but never the wrongs loving life living the wrong.

Trying to decipher the riddle often loose sight what was already clearly visible from the beginning.

Seeing the truth as an enemy will end up suffering their truth as Truth's misery

When the truth reveals the lie we can always say I didn't see the truth like that before.

When our truth is lived a lie the darkness we suffer tells the truth of the lie living us.

A truth lived unspoken cannot hear or see the truth when spoken.

Please remember seeing the truth of life lived sees (their) life true.

To judge a person doing the wrong, makes has the judge ment of the wrong more wrong, not judging the wrong.

To judge someone badly troubled feeds the silent lie doing the troubling.

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Thank you for your understanding and support.

I'm really telling myself not to feel bad!

I just have to look after myself!

@MissGremlin

I've been to the dog park so not completely isolating.

TTT is a little jealous of the other dogs. She tries growling at them not realising that she's so small. It really makes me laugh.

Taali 💙

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Hello everyone!

@Nala2022 @DownMoreThanUp @Emelia8 @Lapis_Anteater @Shaz51 @Glisten @Shishy @dogs2 @BipolarRich @Emelia8 @Lapis_Anteater @Flutterbug9 @Fluttershy1 @SmilingGecko @TAB @ENKELI @PeppyPatti @StuF @Meowmy @BipolarRich @SmilingGecko @Chasingsunsets @PeppyPatti @Rosepetal96 @passepartout @MTD @plasm0 @dc8wr8 @TAB @StuF @Meowmy @Bunniekins @Appleblossom @StuF @Cuddlebear @Icaruslanded @Emelia8 @bluecaterpiller @Vince1974 @GezzaP @Realness @heartathome @YETI-Bear @AlwaysMyself @Appleblossom @AuntGlow @avant-garde @Blackcloud @creative_writer @Jynx @proactive @MissGremlin @Bunniekins @Meowmy @StuF @DownMoreThanUp @DogMan79 @RiverSeal @dc8wr8 @MTD @hopeful_hannah @Taali @Lozenge @Moosebegoose @theirishaussiwe

and all in this safe place today @Taali xx

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