Analysis for Anonymous, 10 January 2003

This is how you described the room:

the room is hot hot hot because the air conditioner is broken, but the window on the side (not the dormer) is open wide and the white lace blind is pulled up and there are mosquitoes buzzing right outside and some inside and they are loud loud. outside it's fall but it's hot like in September when the trees are quite green and there's so much pine straw but it's still summer in the air. fuck, the room. it's all pink with teddy bears on the wall, brushing doll yarn hair or something the hair is purple, though, and it looks like vomit. there are big white plastic butterflies on the wall, but they're supposed to be in the hall in 1980something. there's a lot of white furniture - desk with bookshelf, bed, dresser with mirror nightstands. it's faded to a beige though and is trimmed in tacky gold paint. godawful. there's a wrinkled white bedspread with lots of ruffles and sewn to look like a quilt on the bed. there's a white canopy on the bed too but the ceiling fan is vacuuming it up and it's about to take flight. with the bed being dirty piss yellow, that white bedspread looks terrible. something wrong there, it looks like sin. all the lights are off, because there's still a bit of light before dusk so it's not too bright, very calming, but it's so sticky. the carpet is sea-foam green, i know that is it's name. there's nothing on the walls, nothing on the floor, just furniture and the bedspread. the bathroom door is open, there's a lot of light coming from that room. fan goes click click click. rustles from somewhere, away. mostly buzzing though and clicking in white and pink and green.

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. The significant detail in the description of the room tells us that the subject has rich, lasting memories of childhood.

You wanted to leave the room.

The subject wanted to become an adult.

This is how you described the forest:

tall trees. very very stupidly not real life like tall pine trees, actually, they are pine and they smell good. but they're so tall and dense at the top that i can't see the sky, maybe some light's coming through or i couldn't see the trees, but it wouldn't matter because i can smell them. there's lots and lots of pine needles on the floor, and they're orange. it's dark.

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. Tall trees imply that the adults had a strong influence on the subject.

This is how you described the path:

there is a very narrow path in the middle of the forest and it's covered in pine straw too so it's soft. there is no ending and no beginning it goes on forever and it's all very straight and uniform and in lined perfectly with the trees.

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 visibility of the path tells us that the subject had a good idea of what to expect from adolescence. A narrow path suggests that the subject had limited options for emotional growth at this time. Note how the subject emphasizes that the path is “straight and uniform.”

This is how you described the water:

it's a lake! the path ends right at the end of the cliff so i'm standing way about the lake but it's like i'm in the mountains now and there are big cliffs on the other side of the lake i can see. the lake is very blue and it's like a painting so there are white clouds on the tops of the mountains. the water is blue like in the Caribbean, like the picture postcards you see. it is not moving it's still and it looks cold.

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. Stagnant or still water suggests a sex drive that is absent or pathologically inactive, not by choice of the subject.

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 sliver goblet but it's tarnished and it's heavy and dark and cold.

The vessel, or specifically the practicality of the vessel, is how the subject approaches marriage or bonding. A decorative container indicates that the subject views marriage as a romantic adventure. Note that the silver is tarnished; a touch of misogamy?

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:

it's rusted, very red dark. it's slim and long and it's got two teeth at the bottom, just straight teeth and the top is a nice round circle, that' sit. it unlocks a box.

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 tried to go around it.

The wall represents death: by trying to walk around it, the subject shows an acknowledgment of death, but also a need for an alternative to its finality, such as an afterlife or reincarnation.

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