Analysis for C, 1 January 2003

This is how you described the room:

The room is comfortably warm and there is a couch that is an odd, bright color. The four walls of the room slope up gently to a skylight which is letting in vast amounts of sunlight. There is a clean mirror on one wall and a clean smooth sink underneath of it. In another end of the room is a large tub with a flexible showerhead.

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 depth of description tells us that the subject has strong 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 a rainforest, and it's very humid and bright. The trees in the forest are very tall and tower above me like skyscrapers. There are a few small trees in the shadows of the tall ones.

The forest is growing up, and the trees are those adults with whom the subject interacted at that time. Very tall trees imply that the adults had a significant and substantial impact on the subject’s life. A well-lit forest tells us that the subject had considerable freedom at this time.

This is how you described the path:

The path is muddy and gravelly and there are a few wooden planks shoved into the slopes of the path to form rickety steps. It's not too wide and not too narrow and sometimes there are pots of open water in the pathway.

Adolescence is represented by the path through the forest. The visibility of the path tells us that the subject had a good idea of what to expect from adolescence. A few, scattered obstructions indicate the occasional problem in adolescence, but nothing consistent nor insurmountable.

This is how you described the water:

The water is very very clear and warm and moves relatively fast, splashing against my hand with force when I dip it into the water. It's something like a river. Small pebbles and gravel are being carried along by the river. There're strange colors swimming around in it, like bubbles of gasoline.

The water is the subject’s sexuality. What interests us here is the clarity of the water (representing attitude) and its movement (representing libido). Fast-moving water indicates a strong, active sex drive. Clear water tells us that the subject has no issues regarding sex.

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 cup is thin and tall and is see-through. The color of it is a bright electric green. It's clean for the most part, but has lip-prints of where someone else has drank from it. It's wet inside.

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. Note the lip-prints, as if the subject feels that the ideal marriage partner was taken by someone else.

You took the cup and filled it.

The subject is interested in marriage, and sex will be a significant part of that relationship.

This is how you described the key:

The key is small and silver and is fairly heavy. It shines hard. It's quite thick, for its size. It's smooth and warm to the touch, as if someone else has been holding it for a while before I found it. I hope it unlocks some kind of portal to another world.

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). Magical or fantastic keys suggest that the subject has unreasonably high expectations of what will result from a career. Decorative keys suggest that the subject wants an attention-grabbing, one-of-a-kind career.

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.