This is how you described the room:
It's cold. The walls are bare and white and rough, and the floor is dark stone. There is a bare light bulb above the one chair in the room, which is green, nubby, and overstuffed, with a pink loosely woven blanket draped one of its arms
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. A very uncomfortable room suggests a highly traumatic childhood. Few, simple furnishings tells us that the subject has few memories of that time.
You wanted to leave the room.
The subject wanted to become an adult.
This is how you described the forest:
There are all kinds of trees, all tall and deciduous. There are no evergreen trees at all, save two lone holly bushes. The growth is quite dense, leaving little room on the forest floor, except for the path. It is gloomy, but not dark, with shadows looming everywhere.
The forest is growing up, and the trees are those adults with whom the subject interacted at that time. A semi-dark forest tells us that the subject felt somewhat oppressed by the attention the adults gave. Average-sized trees imply the normal influence adults have on a child: neither insignificant nor impressive.
This is how you described the path:
The path is narrow and barely visible. It is not inviting, but is still somehow welcoming, especially since there is no other obvious way through the forest. Its surface is rough, and would hurt if one were bare-footed.
Adolescence is represented by the path through the forest. Lots of obstructions on the path indicate many problems during adolescence. The lack of evidence of fellow travelers suggests strong feelings of isolation at that 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:
It is a swiftly-moving river, crashing against jagged rocks in its hurry to get where it's going. The water is foamy and gray, and would probably be bright blue if it were a sunny day. This is definitely a natural body of water; no human force could have placed the rocks as they are.
The water is the subject’s sexuality. What interests us here is the clarity of the water (representing attitude) and its movement (representing libido). Clear water tells us that the subject has no issues regarding sex. Rushing, violent water indicates a powerful, vigorous, and quite possibly compulsive sex drive.
When you came to the water, you crossed it.
The subject is open to new sexual experiences.
This is how you described the cup:
The vessel is fired clay, natural-colored, exactly the perfect size and shape for my hand. It is rough, but the roughness is a pleasant texture.
The vessel, or specifically the practicality of the vessel, is how the subject approaches marriage or bonding. A practical container indicates that the subject is pragmatic when it comes to questions of marriage.
You left the cup behind.
The subject is not interested in marriage.
This is how you described the key:
Whatever it unlocks is unlikely to be in this forest, and is probably lost forever.
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). Here we have a key whose time has past: this suggests that the subject views getting fulfillment from one’s career as antediluvian.
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.