(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
1Anti-fatalism
2Anti-statism
4Heavy water consumption
5Irritability
6Painful reaction to deprivation
7Disgust for violence and coercion
8Personal space protection
9Pain avoidance
10Stress avoidance
11Individualism
12Liberalism
14Low-detail vision
15Inability to apologize
17Dislike of bitter/sour tastes
19Non-diplomatic behavior
20Dislike of childish entertainment
21Impatience
22Criticism intolerance
23Rights infringement intolerance
24Non-conservatism
25Weakened family ties
26Distractibility
27Absence of xenophobia
28Psychology interest
29Procrastination
30Directness
31Irritability
32Protestiveness
33Disgust reactions
34Quarrelsomeness
35Frustration tendency
36Morning rising difficulty
37Stubbornness
38Self-preservation
39Honesty and justice
40Egocentric ambition
41Egocentric pride
42Aestheticism
43Special self-perception
44Skin sensitivity