(Strong Qi + Qe)
Description
Self-preservation, the defense of personal sovereignty, resistance to and questioning of the integration into any system or framework that threatens its autonomy.
Maintains distinct personal boundaries and independent judgment, prefers self-directed action and clear personal standards.
I. Neurophysiological/Biological Level
- High insular cortex activity for strong conscious awareness and regulation of internal homeostasis.
- Increased pain, tactile, and vibratory sensitivity (contralateral).
- Active in autonomic and immune system regulation.
- Heightened awareness of internal states like thirst, pain, fatigue, heart rate, and organ fullness.
- Focus on unpleasant homeostatic deviations (e.g., discomfort of shortness of breath).
II. Cognitive/Information Processing Level
- Critical doubt and avoidance of uncertainty due to active Anterior Insular Cortex (AIC).
- Potential for unstable, "feverish" attention if Right Anterior Insular Cortex (RAIC) is overactive.
- Strong bodily self-awareness and sense of independence/freedom of action.
- Absence of mystical "absolute truth" experiences; fuels skepticism and non-religiosity.
III. Affective/Emotional Level
- Frequent experience of anger, fear, and disgust.
- Strong squeamishness and aversion to contamination or injury.
- High offensiveness to criticism, mockery, or rights infringements, linked to processing injustice, indignation, disbelief, and doubt.
- Painful reaction to deprivation of habitual or expected things due to hypertrophied homeostatic processing.
IV. Behavioral/Observable Level
- Objects and argues, direct, intolerant of manipulation/lies.
- Aggressive in defending personal space, intolerant of intrusions.
- Inflexible, stubborn, and unyielding position.
- Protesting what's "wrong," non-conformist.
- Irritable with low disgust thresholds; cannot ignore weak unpleasant stimuli.
- Dislikes bitter/sour tastes, some children's entertainment.
- "Water-drinker," difficulty waking, procrastination due to task aversion.
V. Interpersonal/Relational Level
- Lone wolf, emphasizes individualism and independence.
- Weak care for friends/loved ones (egoistic marker), weaker emotional empathy.
- Cannot easily apologize or admit mistakes; indiplomatic.
- Irritation from others' presence; narrow zone of acceptance.
- Weakened family ties.
VI. Sociocultural/Environmental Level
- Rejects fatalism and state control.
- Liberal and non-conservative.
- Strong adherence to honesty and justice.
- Increased interest in psychology.
- Feels special and unique.
- Fastidious aestheticism for sensory harmony.
Clusters
| # | Trait |
|---|---|
| 1 | Anti-fatalism |
| 2 | Anti-statism |
| 4 | Heavy water consumption |
| 5 | Irritability |
| 6 | Painful reaction to deprivation |
| 7 | Disgust for violence and coercion |
| 8 | Personal space protection |
| 9 | Pain avoidance |
| 10 | Stress avoidance |
| 11 | Individualism |
| 12 | Liberalism |
| 14 | Low-detail vision |
| 15 | Inability to apologize |
| 17 | Dislike of bitter/sour tastes |
| 19 | Non-diplomatic behavior |
| 20 | Dislike of childish entertainment |
| 21 | Impatience |
| 22 | Criticism intolerance |
| 23 | Rights infringement intolerance |
| 24 | Non-conservatism |
| 25 | Weakened family ties |
| 26 | Distractibility |
| 27 | Absence of xenophobia |
| 28 | Psychology interest |
| 29 | Procrastination |
| 30 | Directness |
| 31 | Irritability |
| 32 | Protestiveness |
| 33 | Disgust reactions |
| 34 | Quarrelsomeness |
| 35 | Frustration tendency |
| 36 | Morning rising difficulty |
| 37 | Stubbornness |
| 38 | Self-preservation |
| 39 | Honesty and justice |
| 40 | Egocentric ambition |
| 41 | Egocentric pride |
| 42 | Aestheticism |
| 43 | Special self-perception |
| 44 | Skin sensitivity |