This is how you described the room:
I immediately throw off the covers, because the room is unbearably warm. This is not surprising, since I am usually warm. The bed is a king-size, firm yet cushy. I notice that I am alone. Figures, here I am in this big bed and no one to share it with. Looks like hotel sheets and pillows, bland and sterile. There's not much to look at here. Just a closet with a sliding door, a big window with closed vertical blinds, pinkish wallpaper, and a new-wave painting I know I've never seen before and probably won't want to again. Oh, and there's your basic oak wood dresser with eight drawers (three on each side) and a lamp and clock radio sitting on top.
The initial room is the subject’s childhood. What interests us here is the general atmosphere of the room, in addition to the level of furnishings described by the subject. An uncomfortable room suggests a childhood that was devoid of happiness. The items in the room are average, which tells us that the subject has the normal memories of childhood. Of interest in this description is the feeling of isolation (“...no one to share it with...”) and the lack of attachment to any of the items.
You wanted to leave the room.
The subject wanted to become an adult.
This is how you described the forest:
The forest is... well... green. I'm not very good with trees, but they're really big... Redwoods maybe, like in that movie with the Ewoks.... little furry bastards. There seems to be lots of wildlife... none that I can see, but there's lots of sounds: chirps, squawks, wings flapping, large insects bustling. The sun shines through the spaces between the tree trunks to create magical beams of light, although the sun itself is hard to spot among the thick treetops.
The forest is growing up, and the trees are those adults with whom the subject interacted at that time. Average lighting tells us that the subject received enough attention from the adults to be guided but not oppressed. Very tall trees imply that the adults had a significant and substantial impact on the subject’s life.
This is how you described the path:
I can sort of make out a path in the surrounding grass and dirt. It seems to have been traveled on many times before, but as I walk along, it splits off in many directions, some more traveled than others.
Adolescence is represented by the path through the forest. That the path is free of obstructions indicates that the subject had no problems during adolescence. The strong evidence of fellow travelers tells us that the subject received a lot of support from friends and family during that potentially troubling time. Poor visibility of the path tells us the subject was often confused by the changes brought on by adolescence. A narrow path suggests that the subject had limited options for emotional growth at this time.
This is how you described the water:
A river, moving a bit fast for my taste; too fast to try to walk through and get to the other side. Judging by the movement of the water, I'd have to say rapids or a waterfall nearby. Gosh, I hope there's a bridge somewhere.
The water is the subject’s sexuality. What interests us here is the clarity of the water (representing attitude) and its movement (representing libido). Rushing, violent water indicates a powerful, vigorous, and quite possibly compulsive sex drive.
When you came to the water, you went around it.
The subject is not interested in new sexual experiences.
This is how you described the cup:
It's a nuclear vessel.
The vessel, or specifically the practicality of the vessel, is how the subject approaches marriage or bonding. From this wise-ass answer, we could infer that the subject regards marriage as a kind of a joke.
You left the cup behind.
The subject is not interested in marriage.
This is how you described the key:
It's one of those old-fashioned keys, like the ones they used to use in those old houses up on hills that would look scary at night. It's made of metal, and a bit heavier than I would've guessed. Can't be too important, being someone left it here and all.
The key is the ideal career for the subject. What interests us here is how the key appears (representing how others view the career) and what it may open (representing the subject’s goals for the career). Old-fashioned keys suggest that the subject desires a traditional career. Having the key open a house, car, or other commonplace use tells us that the subject has no extraordinary expectations about a career.
You confronted the bear.
In a crisis, the subject prefers the direct, no-nonsense approach.
When you came to the wall, you jumped over it.
The wall represents death: by jumping over it, the subject not only acknowledges death but has come to accept its finality.