Important metaphorical trees

[kaberett]

Amused by resonance with Significant Arboriculture in Demonology and the Tri-Phasic Model of Trauma: I have been getting increasingly anxious about how unhappy my lemon tree has been looking. It taps into a bunch of my insecurity about being Bad At Plants and, also, Not Allowed Nice Things, so the temptation is always to just... try my best to stubbornly ignore it and Assume It Will Get Better Or There's Probably Not Really Anything Wrong Anyway And I'm Just Making A Fuss.

It is therefore a medium-big deal to me that earlier this week I actually looked up possible causes for the symptoms and have ordered treatment, instead of desperately ignoring the problem until it's definitely too late and has blown up in my face.

Fingers crossed. Here goes attempting to take care of my tree, and also, myself, for which the tree is a metaphor.

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[indywind]

Sympathies and healing wishes from me and my office succulent, which is recovering after a couple weeks of overwork and neglect. (It was getting leggy in my fluorescent-only office, so I put it on the stoop for some natural light and forgot it a few days. it got sunburned and/or frostbitten and a bit dry. I've brought it in and apologized with some filtered water and a warm corner, hoping for the best.)