EIE vs EII
Markers that EII mostly agrees with, while EIE mostly disagrees:
- Sometimes I seem like a simple swine to myself.
- I often take an interest in my relatives’ affairs.
- I sometimes try to better understand my friends by deliberately imagining how everything looks from their perspective.
- I am equally tolerant of all people, no matter what ‘cell’ in life or on the geographical map they occupy.
- I am often drawn to sweets, I eat them, and my mood noticeably improves for a while.
- I constantly ask myself various questions internally.
- I like reconciling other people (around my age).
- It is difficult for me to assess the quality of both my own and others’ speech by ear, but acquaintances say that my speech is usually unclear.
- It is true that in my attitude towards others’ views and beliefs, I am not squeamish at all.
- I like doing kind and pleasant things for people, even if it slightly affects my time.
- I love people, I believe in universal brotherhood.
- My main desire is to enjoy the surrounding world, full of stability and peace.
- I am patient and tolerant of people whom many consider unpleasant.
- I am very patient with the weaknesses and shortcomings of others.
- If I hear dissatisfied remarks addressed to me, I never snap back, I take it completely calmly, as a given.
- Before criticizing someone, I try to imagine how I would feel if I were in their place.
- I am almost unfamiliar with the feeling of physical disgust.
- I quickly reconcile with circumstances - the feeling of dissatisfaction does not last long.
- I have learned to restrain and hide my emotions.
- There is almost nothing in my statements that can provoke an argument.
- I am a person with a kind, though sometimes sad humor, gentle and pleasant to talk to.
- Every person deserves respect regardless of their status.
- I never break off relationships first, perhaps I just don’t know how.
- Expanding my knowledge about the world interests me more than power.
- I have a sincere respect for ‘small’ people.
- Key concepts for me are: reputation, decency, charity, virtue, discipline, loyalty, strictness, morality, people’s motives, cleanliness, condemning immodesty, persistence, willpower, secrecy.
- My speech is poor and restrained because I often have difficulty finding the right word - it’s somewhere in my head but I can’t recall it, so I often repeat the same word several times or just fall silent.
- I am not at all fashionable, but I always look neat and collected.
- I have always been responsive to requests.
- I am always ready to help.
- I try to consider all possible objections before making a decision.
- I sympathize with those who are worse off than me.
- If something goes wrong or doesn’t work out, I more often blame and reproach myself, directing aggression towards myself.
- In dealing with people, I am closer to imperturbability and acceptance of their shortcomings rather than rejection and irritability (even if I secretly hide it).
- I am very sensitive to the feelings and needs of others.
- I have always been characterized by benevolence towards completely unfamiliar people and a willingness to forgive close ones.
- I love helping others.
- Compared to my acquaintances, I am more of an altruist by nature, almost always willing to share, try to help, and respect others’ interests.
- I am steady and patient in monotonous work that lulls many others.
- I seem shy and timid.
- I always spend time happily in work and care - but not for myself, but for ‘my people’: family, friends, colleagues, common cause.
- I can easily postpone pleasure or even forgo it if I’m called to help with something.
- If I found a wallet with 300 dollars and someone else’s documents, I would try to find the owner.
- I am more inclined to sacrifice my interests for the sake of others or the common good than others.
- I allow others to criticize me.
- I acknowledge and respect the intrinsic value of every person.
- I am quiet and very rarely start talking aloud on my own initiative.
- My aura is softly soothing, responsive to joy but devoid of bright emotions.
- I have a gentle and patient character, so I give the impression of a very compliant person.
- I usually keep my troubles to myself and do not show when something upsets me.
- When I sense someone’s growing aggressive attitude, I usually reflexively ‘slow down’ my own pace, trying to gradually calm the situation.
- I am more inclined to carry my experiences within myself rather than voicing them aloud.
- Sometimes I neglect my own needs, striving to properly educate others.
- I believe in educating the masses on the path of goodness, self-restraint, and respect for others’ rights.
- Characteristics typical of me are responsibility, meticulousness, and honesty.
- I hate conflicts.
- My voice usually has a tone of conciliatory agreement or evasion of the question, rather than a tone of objection.
- I am very tolerant of others’ negative emotions.
- I am rather slow-thinking, my thoughts lack impulsive swiftness.
- A set of concepts that accurately and fully characterize me: feelings, agreement, peace, humanity, commandments, conscience, shame, politeness, duty, human soul, forgiveness, poetry, destiny.
- I usually have a steady, confident, calm, and optimistic mood.
- It is true that I am a calm person and not prone to unrestrained joy, rage, or special torment.
- I am almost always balanced and even in behavior.
- I am a slow-moving and slow-speaking person.
- There are many days (about half or more) when I think more about the common or others’ good than my own.
- I can humbly accept humiliation in a Christian manner.
- It is hard to irritate me.
- I am better at making a career with patience, perseverance, and diligence than others.
- I am a very patient person.
- I often convince people of the usefulness of humility and various concessions.
Markers that EIE mostly agrees with, while EII mostly disagrees:
- I easily lose my temper.
- I consider my point of view the only correct one.
- The scariest thing for me would be to suddenly feel like an unnoticed gray mouse in society.
- I consider many acquaintances ‘beneath’ and dumber than me.
- Over the past month, I’ve often felt anger, rage, or fury.
- Doing something for someone, forgetting about myself - well, that’s not about me.
- I am often unrestrained, showing anger or aggression.
- I often find it hard to contain impatience while waiting - I am generally impatient by nature.
- I love to brag and show off.
- It’s hard for me to contain negative emotions in relationships with people.
- Sometimes I lack restraint and balance.
- I can speak quickly, and when necessary, almost like a tongue-twister.
- I am a passionate and hectic person.
- I am always the life of the party and know how to manage people’s moods.
- My emotional behavior can be overly ‘fierce’.
- I often use ‘juicy’ words and characteristics when referring to someone or talking about third parties, such as ‘bunny’, ‘sunshine’, ‘idiot’, ‘goat’, etc.
- I am more impulsive than deliberate and reasonable.
- I am a passionate person, easily creating a mood for myself and passing it on to others.
- I have a tendency towards some demonstrativeness and ‘theatricality’ in my emotions.
- I tend to interrupt others.
- I am passionate about games, easily get carried away, and derive great pleasure from them.
- I easily get angry.
- I almost always snap back at criticism.
- I easily develop a feeling of disgust towards something.
- I have a slightly arrogant demeanor, which may sometimes seem like I’m showing off or being pompous.
- In debates, I often use the tactic of ‘shifting the blame’ onto another person.
- I often express my dissatisfaction towards loved ones out loud, for one reason or another.
- If someone reproaches me, appeals to my conscience, or teaches me tact, I can easily and often get furious in response.
- I always get very angry and unrestrainedly either in response to any provocation or when someone ruins my plans.
- When I am anxious, any person close to me can become an undeserving target.
- There are plenty of worthless people around me.
- In my speech, I usually play a lot with intonations.
- I have a tendency towards some theatricality in my emotions.
- I usually have lively and expressive facial expressions.
- I get angry at the slightest provocation.
- I can easily ‘emotionally charge’ the audience around me and make them listen to how I play with my emotions over time, like a musician playing a flute.
- I am undiplomatic and easily get indignant.
- There is no point in ‘educating’ people, but giving them resistance and harshly avenging insults is necessary.
- Sometimes I deliberately do or say something nasty to cause unpleasant feelings in a person and see their reaction.
- I am capable of very unflattering assessments of many of my acquaintances.
- In conversation, my voice is usually strongly modulated by intonations - for example, I can recite poetry with expression better than others.
- There are moments when anger engulfs my entire being.
- I do not hide my feelings or emotions; I can and love to show them.
- There are always people in my environment on whom I periodically ‘pour out’ my negative emotions.
- In response to an insult, I usually start shouting at the offender.
- Disappointing me is very dangerous - I am capable of a very sharp reaction, and with a person who has lost value for me, I won’t care and can be very harsh with them.
- I criticize others in my thoughts but almost never myself.
- In the mirror, I usually see a look with a squint, cunning, and slyness.
- I am characterized by bright straightforward emotionality.
- I react aggressively to criticism.
- I can’t stand disgusting smells. I can’t do anything properly while they are around.
- When irritated, I quickly start raising my voice, shouting.
- Sometimes (and often) I listen for something to pick on.
- I prefer being considered a wasteful spender rather than a compliant weakling.
- I often experience and feel a sense of almost physical disgust towards certain foods, smells, animals, or the manner of behavior and speech of some people.
- The world is divided into plebeians and aristocrats, and that’s right.
- I am often indignant when I hear the word ‘no’ - sometimes such a response doesn’t even immediately register with me.
- I am squeamish, and it often happens that after shaking hands with some people, I try to wash my hands as soon as possible.
- Sometimes I impulsively lash out at those around me.
- Hearing ‘no’ in response, I usually, automatically, feel internal anger.
- I am annoyed by other people’s success.
- I more often criticize others in my mind rather than myself.
- To make my criticism sharper and more convincing, I sometimes deliberately misquote or distort the words of the person I am criticizing.
- I have committed extremely selfish acts.
- My speech, both oral and written, contains many long complex sentences.
- I am picky about food.
- I get bored very quickly with monotony.
- I am quite squeamish and avoid sick people.
- I have an opinion on almost every issue.
- I like taking selfies and posting these photos online.