This is how you described the room:
It's warm and toasty in here - although that could be the water bed. The carpet on one side of the room doesn't match the carpet on the other side of the room. One side is green, the other is blue. There is a desk and a bed and matching closets.
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. This comfortable room suggests a childhood that was pleasant. The items in the room are average, which tells us that the subject has the normal memories of childhood.
You wanted to stay in the room.
The subject did not want to grow up.
This is how you described the forest:
The forest is sort of medium light. Not too dark but not bright either. The trees are all scraggly jack pine. Tall and skinny.
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. 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 well travelled but there are a lot of less travelled side paths off to the side. There are a few bumps and trees across the path, though, so it is not easily navigated.
Adolescence is represented by the path through the forest. That plants are the major source of obstructions tells us that the subject’s problems arose mostly from interactions with adults. 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.
This is how you described the water:
The water is a spring coming out of the side of a hill. It's a natural spring but there have been additions, a platform to stand on, a pipe to guide the water. The water itself is pure and clean and cold and crisp. No chlorine, just nature.
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. The movement of the water suggests a normal, average if somewhat playful 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:
The vessel is a jug. A big jug. You might drink out of it but it's pretty heavy when it's full. More likely, you would take it home and use it to fill smaller jugs.
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:
The key is one of those big skeleton keys that they have in B movies. Large and brass and designed to be left in the lock of a drafty castle somewhere in Northern England. I think it unlocks the door to the secret passage way.
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. Keys to palaces, castles, and other fortifications are normally indicative of a desire for power.
You avoided the bear.
In a crisis, the subject prefers the indirect, non-confrontational 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.