Analysis for Anonymous, 13 February 2007

This is how you described the room:

It's a super warm room that has brown afghans pretty much all over the place. There's a black leather ottoman in the middle of the floor and a super old TV set. Decorations include old-timey type of stuff, such as a framed cross-stiched picture of a yellow and orange daisy. There's also a calendar on the wall that has yet to be turned to the most recent month, so it's about 12 days off.

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. The items in the room are average, which tells us that the subject has the normal memories of childhood (95.65%). This comfortable room suggests a childhood that was pleasant (96.30%).

You wanted to leave the room.

The subject wanted to become an adult.

This is how you described the forest:

It's super dark once inside, at least at first. It's filled with dense trees, the majority of which are evergreens. It's kinda scratchy at first, but then as you continue to walk, you enter into an opening where it's much more clear and less dense. There's more deciduous trees here, as well as random sticks laying around. It appears as if someone has had a campfire recently.

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 (99.81%). Average-sized trees imply the normal influence adults have on a child: neither insignificant nor impressive (92.42%).

This is how you described the path:

Once inside the clearing, everything seems pretty clearly marked. There's also obviously trails now, as well. It's almost as if this is a popular place to build forts and fake tee-pees for children in the area.

Adolescence is represented by the path through the forest. A wide path indicates that the subject had numerous options for emotional growth at this time (80.98%). The visibility of the path tells us that the subject had a good idea of what to expect from adolescence (97.10%). The lack of evidence of fellow travelers suggests strong feelings of isolation at that time (90.07%). That the path is free of obstructions indicates that the subject had no problems during adolescence (94.03%).

This is how you described the water:

It's a shallow creek where you can actually see the bottom on the majority of it. You can see minnows swimming as well as the occassional larger fish. There are rocks scattered throughout, and it looks as if it shouldn't be much trouble to navigate across. The water's moving at leisure and it's super clear; doesn't appear to be dangerous at all.

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 (100.00%). The movement of the water suggests a normal, average if somewhat playful sex drive (82.07%). The presence of life in or around the water indicates a strong desire for children (100.00%).

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's a silver flask, slightly rusted. It has the initials TLB engraved in what appears to be the same font used for Stroh's beer. I think that it's probably filled with a dark liquor, it smells kinda like rum.

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 (99.25%).

You took the cup but left it empty.

The subject is interested in marriage, but sex won’t be a significant part of that relationship.

This is how you described the key:

It probably unlocks someone's house or cabin and they most likely dropped it in the middle of the woods here some time ago.

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). Having the key open a house, car, or other commonplace use tells us that the subject has no extraordinary expectations about a career (99.66%). An ordinary-looking key suggests that the subject desires a nondescript career (57.32%).

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.