The avoidance therapy sure isn't working, anyway.

[a tight, forced laugh.]

Did you know I can't even deal with gardening any more? That was one of the things I did to calm myself after bad games and now I can't.

The nightmare I got from the tournament game was a vision of myself and everyone I loved being ripped apart by trees.

And now I have a "tree" objective in even this game.

[he clutches his phone like he's ready to spike it onto the ground]

This phobia is a liability and I need to get it under control by whatever means necessary.