Analysis for Crazed Loner, 19 March 2005

This is how you described the room:

The room is a dank, dark, stinking pit, freezing cold. Torture devices line the walls -- there's a rack, an iron maiden, hanging whips and prods, and sharp blades dripping with blood. Chains with barbed links hang from the ceiling. In one corner is a tub heaped full of human bones.

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 (42.04%). The depth of description tells us that the subject has strong memories of childhood (27.15%).

You wanted to leave the room.

The subject wanted to become an adult.

This is how you described the forest:

The forest looks like southern California, with sequoias and redwoods stretching all the way up to the sky and blotting out the sun. It is noon, and yet in the forest it is as dark as midnight under a new moon. The howls of wolves are heard, very nearby.

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 (27.92%). Tall trees imply that the adults had a strong influence on the subject (54.38%).

This is how you described the path:

The path can barely be seen, as it is heaped high with huge rocks and stones. One of the giant trees has fallen over, completely blocking the path the way we came. What remains is choked and narrow, and looks to not have been used in years, if not centuries.

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 (61.14%). The lack of evidence of fellow travelers suggests strong feelings of isolation at that time (57.58%). The visibility of the path tells us that the subject had a good idea of what to expect from adolescence (54.25%). A narrow path suggests that the subject had limited options for emotional growth at this time (66.13%).

This is how you described the water:

The water is a rushing torrent, murky and silty as it tumbles through black mud. The corpses of tiny frogs and fish, choked on the poison, float in the water.

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 (89.88%). The movement of the water suggests a normal, average if somewhat playful sex drive (32.41%).

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 an old, crumpled-up fast food paper cup. It's torn on one side; if it could ever have held water, it won't now.

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 (63.17%).

You left the cup behind.

The subject is not interested in marriage.

This is how you described the key:

It's the opening key from a can of sardines. Once it might have been useful to obtain sustenance, but at this point it's rusty, discarded trash.

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 (46.19%). Having the key open a house, car, or other commonplace use tells us that the subject has no extraordinary expectations about a career (55.43%).

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.