ILI vs LIE

Markers that ILI mostly agrees with, while LIE mostly disagrees:

1. I have pessimistic and depressive thoughts most of the time.
2. I periodically experience severe depressive states where I don't want to live.
3. I often have a sad mood.
4. I am often on guard and expect something bad to happen.
5. I am tormented by depressive moods (gloomy thoughts, everything seems dark and hopeless, I don't want to do anything).
6. I am often angry and grumbling.
7. I get into a bad mood easily and it can last for several days.
8. I very rarely show any joy outwardly.
9. I sometimes appear very disorganized and inactive to others—indeed, I prefer to wait for the right moment rather than struggle against the current at the wrong time.
10. In an orchestra, I can easily pick out one instrument and focus on its part, ignoring the rest.
11. I am highly critical of the things, technologies, texts, or systems I create—I almost always want to go back and redo something.
12. I have a sleep disorder (I sleep too much or too little).
13. I often think about how others might harm me.
14. I often feel inactive and dejected.
15. It's hard for me to concentrate and focus my thoughts at the beginning of a task—my thoughts tend to scatter to philosophically eternal topics.
16. I like to warn, grumble, and criticize while lounging in a chair with an impassive face.
17. I would enjoy being the director of a grand nocturnal celebration on the day of the solemn downfall of all humanity.
18. Most people are scoundrels.
19. I often think about the treacherous nature of humans.
20. My time usually feels dull, relaxed, and devoid of any intense "striving towards the future."
21. I often feel frustrated and disappointed.
22. A person who acts friendly is most likely trying to use you.
23. I often think that a close person may betray me treacherously.
24. In company, I avoid taking the lead.
25. In communication, I know how to use a silent condemning look (and often use it).
26. People will inevitably use anything they learn about you against you.
27. I like to refute others' "innovations."
28. I am constantly asking myself questions, unable to live without problems.
29. In company, I have a reputation as a "dry person."
30. I often "freeze"—it's hard to get out of lethargy and distraction.
31. I often overindulge in something.
32. I am very reserved towards any enthusiasm—it never helps anyone and only misleads people.
33. Sometimes I think, "Let everything fall apart and Armageddon come soon."
34. Sometimes I like to play the role of a "provocateur," deliberately bringing up and discussing (online or in company) some sharp, controversial topics that polarize opinions.
35. It's true that it's very hard to provoke me to laugh or rejoice loudly.
36. Often I seem to feel nothing (no emotional response to my surroundings), and at the same time, I don't want to do anything, talk, or communicate.
37. People always get irritated and angry when they hear my fair remarks about their own unworthy behavior.
38. In public, I am usually deliberately dry and can even be somewhat rude.
39. Due to a tendency to skepticism, I very poorly see prospects in the future, often feeling dependent on the vagaries of fate.
40. I am better than others at detecting problems.
41. I think I have more ill-wishers than friends.
42. Sometimes I am attracted to thoughts of death and non-existence, and I like to think about it as a good way out and the best revenge on myself and others.
43. I have been called a scoundrel or a jerk simply for honestly telling someone to their face what they truly are.
44. Almost every week something happens that later causes me to suffer from delayed regrets.
45. According to some around me, I can sometimes (at least once or twice a week) be an exceptionally spiteful creature.
46. I am suspicious of compliments if they are given to me.
47. Time seems to me like a slow, sticky stream carrying inevitable, continuous, predictable events.
48. I am best at "delicate" work based on small details and nuances.
49. For some time now, I have felt chronically tired and "worn out" for no apparent reason.
50. I spend a lot of time on computer games (some even condemn me for this).
51. If something has made me happy in life, I just tell my friends about the facts and events that are obviously good to me, without saying a word about my feelings or showing them outwardly. The rest my friends should understand themselves.
52. I always clearly distinguish cause from effect; I am a master at analyzing cause-and-effect relationships, the primary and secondary in the chain of events.
53. A daily schedule and I are incompatible.
54. I am excellent at (and often enjoy) logically and vividly criticizing others' initiatives.
55. Sometimes my behavior seems to deliberately "provoke" aggression from others, further provoking it with my words.
56. Sometimes it is hard for me to get out of a state of thoughtlessness and lazy contemplation.
57. When a joker tries to distract me from a book or TV, I almost reach a state of rage.
58. I want a lot, but often am lazy, preferring to go with the flow.
59. Sometimes I am like a silent, impenetrable wall.
60. I more often discourage friends from their intentions than persuade them to do something.
61. I would try to avoid work where I have to command and manage people.
62. I would enjoy collecting modern pistols and other weapons if it were allowed.
63. In most cases, "speeding up" means "spoiling."
64. I often lack motivation to act—no anxiety or worry, but also no desire to move, and even too lazy to talk.
65. If I try to do everything I promised, I often quickly start feeling physically exhausted and apathetic.
66. I enjoy philosophical reflections.
67. I accurately notice others' weaknesses and mistakes, not missing a chance to point them out.
68. My favorite roles are an observer of fleeting moments, a wanderer on the river of events.
69. I would make a good proofreader or editor—I can find errors in texts and probably wouldn't miss a single one.
70. I often think about past mistakes.

Markers that LIE mostly agrees with, while ILI mostly disagrees:

1. My mood almost always has a bright euphoria, and I hardly ever have bitter skepticism.
2. I trust other people.
3. I more often expect pleasant things than unpleasant ones.
4. If I were a journalist, I would more often write about the merits of the surrounding life rather than its shortcomings.
5. I usually think that others have good intentions.
6. I usually trust what people say.
7. Thinking about the future, I usually see it in a "rosy" light.
8. I have a sense of fullness and joy in life—I often look at the world and marvel at it.
9. I am curious, open to new things, unceremonious, and brave.
10. I am a very goal-oriented and organized person.
11. I almost always involuntarily smile back if I am talking to someone in a very good, upbeat mood.
12. I usually defend the existing realities of the surrounding world from critics because I find more merits in them while they see only flaws.
13. In close communication, I easily catch others' upbeat moods.
14. I have a need for life around me to move and bustle.
15. I am mostly satisfied with how the world is arranged.
16. In the morning, I usually have a background of good, calm, bright, and problem-free mood (matching the rays of the morning sun), which lasts for several hours or longer.
17. If nothing is happening around, it always depresses me.
18. I like being part of a group.
19. I am a historical optimist, believing in progress and the development of humanity towards mutual respect and goodness.
20. Almost daily, I feel proud of my achievements, my status, and the respect I've earned.
21. I like to cheer up others' bad moods.
22. I usually see friends in people, and I'm not good at recognizing enemies.
23. It's very important for me to achieve some victories daily, and for them to be noticeable to others.
24. Someone else's laughter is almost always contagious for me.
25. Loyalty, kindness, and diligence are my distinctive traits.
26. I like being the center of attention among others.
27. It's true that I very much dislike dark, gloomy weather.
28. I try to ensure no one feels hurt by my actions.
29. I often feel a pleasant anticipation that makes me restless and my heart beat faster.
30. I can't stand a lulling monotony, hibernation, and silence around me.
31. I don't understand people who see and find "problems" in everything.
32. I am a harmonious person, far from any neuroses or irresolvable problems.
33. The more responsibility in the work, the more interesting it is for me, and the more likely it is to succeed.
34. By nature, I am a "workaholic."
35. I love an emotionally rich life.
36. I almost always feel like part of a clan, a tribe.
37. I usually don't hold onto and easily chase away inconvenient and unpleasant thoughts and guesses.
38. I easily catch the mood of my friends.
39. I love attracting attention, admiration, and surprise from others.
40. I am very hardworking.
41. I don't like complications. Everything true should be simple.
42. I love regularly receiving signs of respect and recognition, and I very much need this.
43. I am a "workaholic."
44. I am a team person, always relying on its unity and division of labor.
45. I feel energetic and active only if life around me is also spinning and moving, something is happening, and people are busy—otherwise, I start feeling sluggish and sleepy.
46. Kindness, loyalty, and diligence are my constant, most striking qualities in any situation.
47. I have high work capacity, constantly supported by a sense of responsibility.
48. It's usually hard for me to sit still for a long time.
49. Small details don't attract me; I prefer everything outstanding, bright, big, and impressive.
50. I don't like watching someone grimace in pain—I immediately start feeling something similar to their suffering.
51. Everything in the world is generally well and reasonably arranged.
52. Faith stands above any doubts for me.
53. I almost always "hide" from bad moods in intense work at the limit of my abilities.
54. I can't sit quietly for more than an hour in a train compartment—I always want to go for a walk.
55. I always have a plan of action for the next day.
56. It's easy to arouse my interest and focused attention on something.
57. I have always been ready to help any stranger.
58. I more often strive to simplify rather than complicate the structure of the subject of my thought.
59. I often feel the need to talk with others.
60. Most of my life, I have been a person with great ambitions and a claim to a high position.
61. I currently have a normal mood and no more problems than usual.
62. My mood improves when someone gives me a warm, sincere greeting.
63. I am diligent in any task I undertake.
64. I love traveling and changing impressions.
65. In the morning, I can always accurately list what I have planned for the day.
66. I am usually inclined to trust someone else's honest word and oaths, even if I am dealing with an unfamiliar person.
67. Surgical footage on TV, showing blood and mucus, shocks me—I don't like and don't want to watch it for more than a few seconds.
68. I enjoy having the right to command and give orders.
69. Silence, calm, and measuredness always bore me and make me sleepy.
70. I probably love most to evoke admiration, surprise, respect, sympathy with my behavior—even indignation will do—anything but indifference.