An Insightful Desert Psychological Test

Two days ago, a friend gave me a psychological test to gain insight into myself. It was very wonderful, and I especially wanted to share it so that everyone could play and see for themselves. Later, I found a few friends to do the test together, and everyone exclaimed that the test results were not accurate.

Friends who have listened to our podcast with art doctoral student Lucien before may also have an impression of the psychological "sand table experiment" he mentioned. In fact, all imaginative psychological tests including painting, elaboration, and sand table are projective tests . Your inner emotions and feelings will be projected into the world you imagine, including your daily trivial experiences, unforgettable memories. Love as well as the subtle emotions inside will be revealed.

Then the experimental principle of this psychological test is the same. Without further ado, I will show you the topic first.

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Imagine that you are in a desert and there is a cube in the desert. Describe the cube:

- How big is this cube relative to the desert?

- how far is it from you?

- What material is it made of?

- is it transparent/hollow? Can you see what's inside?

Near the desert and your cube, you notice that there is also a ladder. Please describe this ladder :

- Is this ladder above or below the cube?

- What is the distance between the ladder and the cube?

- What material is it made of?

Imagine a horse in the scene. Describe the horse :

- How far is the horse from the cube?

-Do you think the horse is a pony, a young horse or an old horse?

-Does this horse have a saddle, a bridle, etc. on it?

A storm suddenly appeared in front of me. Describe the storm:

- Where is this storm on the cube?

- Do you think it will stop after a while or will it never stop?

Flowers appear in the scene in front of you, describe the flowers

- How many flowers do you think there are?

- How far is it/they are from the cube?

- what color is it/they?

⚠️It is suggested that you can use pen and paper to write down or draw your own answer and then look down

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Cube - Ego (self)

The size of the cube symbolizes your view of yourself.

If the cube is very large relative to the desert, it means that you are strongly self-centered, and your self-awareness largely depends on your evaluation and feelings of self.

On the contrary, it means that you are very sensitive to the little things around you, and your understanding of yourself largely comes from the evaluation of others around you.

The distance between you and the cube symbolizes how well you know yourself.

If the cube is far away, it means that you are never sure or sure of your self, if the cube is close, it means you know yourself very well, are always confident, and face up to your own inadequacies , strive to improve yourself.

The material symbolizes your defensive mentality . If you think this cube is made of hard and impenetrable material like steel, it means you are used to building a solid wall for your heart

The transparency of the cube symbolizes your tendency to let others know how you feel.

If the cube is transparent, it means that you are very willing and enjoy communicating with others, you are sincere to your friends, you are honest, and you are easy to trust.

If it is opaque, it means that you do not like to share your inner emotions with others, you will be very concerned about your privacy, and have a certain sense of mystery.

Ladder - Friends/Social Relations

The relationship between the ladder and the cube represents how you approach friendship.

If the ladder is placed on the cube, it means that you are willing to provide help and support to your friends, and sincerely solve problems for your friends.

If the ladder is under the cube, it means that you are often helped and supported by friends, and there are noble people who help you every time you encounter difficulties. The distance between the ladder and the cube represents how important socializing is to you.

If the ladder is far from the cube, you don't like socializing, and it's hard to get your friends close to you.

If the ladder is rubber-like and impossible to climb at all, it means you're uncomfortable with friends and family depending on you, or you're under too much pressure.

Conversely, if the ladder is made of a very strong material, it means that you feel very safe inside. If the ladder is rubber-like and impossible to climb at all, it means you're uncomfortable with friends and family depending on you, or you're under too much pressure.

Conversely, if the ladder is made of a very strong material, it means that you feel very safe inside.

Horse - concept of love/future partner

The distance between the horse and the cube predicts your level of intimacy with your lover and your attitude towards love.

If the horse is far away from the cube, or looms large in the distance, it means that love may not be very important to you, or that you desire more security for yourself and need more personal space.

On the contrary, love is very important to you. To be able to have a person who truly loves to accompany you to grow old together, you long for the intimacy and companionship with your lover.

The age of the horse predicts your emotional state.

This is a strong young horse, which means that you are in the early stages of love when you say I think you will blush. Although it seems stable, it is always a matter of gain and loss.

If it is a pony, it means that the two of you are in the most beautiful hazy stage, there is no promise or oath, and some are unforgettable and full of small freshness.

Whether or not the horse wears a saddle indicates your view of love.

If the horse is wearing a bridle or saddle, it means you have a strong desire to control and you want to be dominant in love.

If you think the horse is wearing nothing, it means you think the lover is uncontrollable/unpredictable, or is a very independent person and you advocate for a free and equal relationship.

Storms - setbacks/coping in life

The location of the storm is related to the setbacks you are facing right now.

If the storm is far away from the cube, the closer it is, the more difficult and challenging you are currently facing. The greater the distance, the better you are doing at present.

The state of the storm has to do with your coping style and mindset.

If the storm is just passing through this desert, it means you think the immediate setback will soon be over and recover.

If the storm doesn't stop, it means you're going to have some problems going on.

Flowers - Your Future Children's Status and Relationships

The number of flowers represents the number of offspring you wish to have.

The position of the flower represents the kind of parent-child relationship you want.

If the flowers are near the cube, it means that you hope to have a relationship of mutual dependence and companionship with your child, and you can accompany him/her to explore the world together.

On the contrary, it shows that you are a free-range parent, and you want your child to grow up in a relaxed environment and to live out the meaning of life freely.

The variety of flowers symbolizes the character you want your child to have.

If it is a warm color, it reflects that you want your child to be a lively and cheerful person. No matter what obstacles in the future, you hope that he/she can keep the original intention and look at life with a smile.

If it is cold, it means that you want your child to be a rational and calm person. In today's increasingly noisy world, you hope that he/she can do things silently and face life with a quiet and peaceful heart.

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I believe that you may have come up with your own answers, the basic article can actually end here.

But I'd love to write my own answer frankly here, so you can also refer to it as a reference.

my answer is as followed:

I was standing in front of a cube about the size of a bungalow-like pyramid building.

This cube is a diamond-shaped building made of tempered glass material. The design is full of modernity. The pointed part of the cube is inserted in the middle of the desert. I stand about 5 meters in front of the cube, and I can clearly see my appearance. The material can reflect Out of my appearance, but can vaguely see the decoration inside.

There is a marble step placed in front of the cube, almost parallel to the position of the cube, it touches the cube and leads to the inside of the building.

There is a young and handsome white horse standing next to the cube. It looks very elegant and gentle, with long eyelashes and shining eyes. It doesn't have any reins or saddles on it. mane, watching it carefully.

At this time, it was probably a moderate rain, which wetted two-thirds of the desert, and also drenched the cube, me, and the white horse, but it was a shower, and it would not be long before it passed.

There is a bright red thorn rose at the foot of the white horse, and the distance between it and the cube is about the same as the distance between the white horse and the cube, not far, about 5 meters.

My own interpretation is as follows:

I am a person with a big ego, and it is difficult for me to be influenced by external judgments. Although my ego is big, I can always see my own appearance and reflect myself through my ego.

In reality, I am indeed a person who does a lot of self-reflection, and my reflection does not come from external voices. In most cases, it is my own review and reflection on myself. It is indeed difficult for me to be influenced by external voices. My ego is hard to be hacked by others/environment.

The relationship between my friends and I is basically parallel, and there is no such thing as a state of relying on each other completely. The marble material of the ladder is very strong, so I have no anxiety about the dependence of my friends and family on me, and the ladder leads to the center of the building. , I am very willing to let friends come into my heart to see the real me.

I like the approach of my lover, and I am indeed in the "early stage of love where I think you blush too", I also have some insecurities, but overall it's okay, the appearance of my horse and the partner's that I like Looks almost similar.

I encountered a moderate torrential rain right now, which disturbed about two-thirds of my heart. I did face some challenges and difficulties. For example, I was about to go to Latin America to meet my boyfriend who has always been virtual, including the new business in the future. Exploration and development of lines.

My attitude towards children is actually both anticipation and fear. The child is on the horse's side. I do tend to let the other half take the child. I will have a headache for the child, and I am not ready to give birth, so I am very confused.

The number "one" is about as good as I can get. The red flowers are my hope that the children can be full of vitality, maintain aura, and face life.

All in all, I think it's pretty accurate.

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After taking the test, I decided to let my other half, Ai, do the same, because even after I've been with him for so long, I still have a lust for him, and I'd love to know what his answer is.

Ai: "I wear glasses, but I can recognize it, the cube is about 10 meters away from me, across a street, I need to walk over to get it, it's not big, I can hold it in one hand, it's half buried in In the sand, half of it is exposed to the air, the color is probably black with some blue, the material is very hard, like a rock, some crystal diamonds, the material is hard so you can't see inside, but when it is very dense, it can be shine light."

Then he showed me a rough picture.

"The ladder is behind me. It's the kind of ladder that goes to the underground passage. It's like a tunnel, but it's behind me, about 10 meters away, and about 20 meters away from the cube."

"The horse is in the same place, 10 meters from the cube, it runs around that area and doesn't get far, it's a black wild horse, strong, handsome, graceful, without any reins or saddles. , it was running not far in front of me, inviting me to go over and tame it, you know a good horse needs to be tamed, so I need to tame it.

Hearing this, my heart was fluctuating for a while... I couldn't help but think in my mind: "Mustang... I seem to be quite wild... I am strong... I seem to be quite strong, after all, I exercise every day... Elegant and handsome... It seems to be okay. ...tame...Ummm...I used to think that no one could tame me. Although this word may be misunderstood, I actually hope that someone can handle my bohemian heart...If I have to use tame , presumably two-way tame...and that word made me suddenly think of the story of the little prince and the fox.

Ai continued: "I saw the storm, it was moving towards me, but it wasn't a storm, it wasn't raining, it was a desert storm, a sunstorm, it was moving from my right to my left, it didn't cover To the cube, and not covering the horse, as long as you choose to move in the same direction as the storm, the storm will not cover you, or as long as I hide in the stairs, it will not be affected, and I will cover my eyes, nose and mouth .

As I listened to my heart, I sighed, what kind of operation and brain circuit this is...

"I saw a flower, a yellow flower, about 10 meters away from me. I'll draw you a picture."

When I learned all his answers, I was quite surprised, and I tried to decipher his answer.

I thought he was a person with a big ego (according to the test), but I didn't expect it to be a cube-sized crystal rock object full of mysterious hues.

Maybe he is not easy to see through, and it is difficult to be changed and influenced by the external environment, and his color is actually quite mysterious.

When I exchanged ideas with him, he said to me, "I don't have a big ego myself, and I can control it myself."

Me: "But I think your ego should be as big as me!"

After listening to my answer, he couldn't stop laughing, because he felt that my answer was very in line with his understanding of me, but his answer suddenly confused me... Maybe he felt that he was always determined, confident and persistent. I would naturally equate this state with "ego is very big", but when I think about it, it seems that many times when we argue about some things, he will actually listen to and even admit some things, in fact, when " When my ego collided with his ego, it was often my ego that had the upper hand.

As for friends, I think it is also very interesting. Maybe he is still a student and does not need to face too many professional and social issues. Most of the topics with friends should be entertainment topics, so there is no need to rely on each other.

And the distance is actually very accurate. He is not too keen on socializing, especially when he complained to me that those parties were boring and meaningless. It is better to save the money to buy a car (that broken Nissan bought from his father) , so it is indeed a very free and easy character.

But the ladder can climb, so he is safe inside and accepts external dependence on him. This is also very accurate, because he is really helpful, not only his care for his family and friends, but also several times when my own friends encountered emotional problems, I pushed him over, and he was able to post a long speech and go step by step. help each other...

As for the horse, his answer was interesting.

Everyone may know that the two of us have not met in a long-distance relationship, and I have been joking to him before: "If I meet you and the physical world doesn't feel it, don't worry, we can still be friends! "

Unexpectedly, in his answer, the horse is dynamic, running around him, and the state of the horse is quite in line with my current state. As for he said that he felt that the horse was inviting him to tame it, I was like... Mixed feelings are like an overturned five-flavor bottle... There is a feeling of being peeped into the inner world for no reason.

Storm, I was trying to guide him, but his answer completely avoided the condition of "rain", but instead gave me the image of sunstorm, and also emphasized that the storm was in the distance, did not move over, even if it moved over , what would I do.

After listening to it, I just want to describe it in one word: absolutely.

One of the things I liked about him at the time was that I saw in him that whenever faced with a difficult situation, he would always try to think about how to deal with it and solve it. Not only that, his energy and attitude were really positive and sunny. And even answering the storm question, the answer is completely in line with his thinking and behavior pattern in real life.

I have heard the answers from several friends, but they are actually waiting for the rainstorm to pass, including myself. I have never thought about moving in the direction of the storm, so that it will never affect me, or where to hide for something like that... I don't know if his thinking is so strange, or it is the difference between Chinese and Western thinking. , This western data sample is too small to be verified.

Finally, the flowers, we have surprisingly consistent numbers and warm colors. Maybe we all hope that the child can be a lively and cheerful person, and no matter what obstacles in life will be in the future, we can face it with optimism.

Afterwards, he said that in fact, when it comes to children, he is more inclined to want two.

Because of his own experience, including his observation of others, the growth of children is sometimes greatly influenced by siblings who are about the same age as him, and a big problem with only children is that children can easily become surly, selfish, and do not understand Discord to take care of others, and childhood will have an impact on adulthood, so many people's intimate relationships are not well managed, and there will be some influence in this regard.

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The friend who took me to do the experiment also told me that basically what most people describe will overlap with their actual psychology, state, and predicament, because self-expression will actually cause some subconsciousness. To mobilize, it is similar to a sand table experiment.

At that time, when we were doing tests together, a girl would put up this expression during the rainstorm test: "The rainstorm hit the cubes, but the cubes made them bounce."

At that time, a friend interpreted it: "Maybe you are resisting or trying to escape something." The girl also widened her eyes and nodded frequently, and admitted that she was resisting something.

This is just a seemingly simple test, and there is no need to worry about its accuracy. After all, everyone may have their own perspectives and opinions on how to interpret them. Some interpretations on the Internet are also different, but this kind of small test But it is enough to show the heart and subconsciousness through certain intentions and cause one's own thinking. I think this is the purpose of the game itself.

Finally, welcome to share this game with more friends, you can test it yourself, or you can play it as an icebreaker game, or a group activity or dating game. Have fun!