This is how you described the room:
The room is medium-sized, and a warm yellow. There is white baseboarding and a white ceiling. The floors are hardwood and there is a wooden dining table in the middle. The room is a comfortable temperature, and there are bright, yet understated modern paintings on the walls.
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 trees are tall and straight, and sunlight beams down interrupted from the sky above the canopy. The branches seem to be very high up; it seems to be an old forest, with very few small trees or bushes.
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. Tall trees imply that the adults had a strong influence on the subject.
This is how you described the path:
There is an expansive trail, but the open area is too narrow to drive any sort of vehicle through. There are few branches and little undergrowth to block movement. The path itself is not extremely well-defined, but the forest itself is easy to walk through.
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. 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:
The water is a stream moving briskly through the forest along a rocky bed. The water is clear, giving the stream the colour of whiskey, as the reflections tint the water. The water seems pure and potable, as if nothing lives inside it, as the water is moving at too brisk a pace.
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 crossed it.
The subject is open to new sexual experiences.
This is how you described the cup:
It is a flask the likes of which I have never seen in person, but often seen in film or read about in books: a huntsman's flask, brown leather and shaped somewhat like a horn. It has a cap made of some preindustrial material.
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:
It is a Victorian-style key, with a ring and two teeth. It is made of iron, and a string leading to nothing is tied around the ring. It unlocks a curious building in the middle of the forest, a tower or cottage perhaps.
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. Indicating that the key accesses something along the path (the subject’s history) suggests that a career is to solve a life-problem.
You avoided the bear.
In a crisis, the subject prefers the indirect, non-confrontational 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.