The good news is that the first steps to overcoming challenges (and improving your external and internal world) are recognizing behavior(s) that cause problems and seeking help if you need it. If lying negatively impacts your life, it is important to address it. Lies may also cause internal distress and impact your overall mental health. Here’s another link to an article that provides some further details on compulsive lying.Īny kind of lying can break down trust between you and those around you, which can be detrimental in various areas of life (namely, in your relationships). Whatever the reason (or lack thereof), if you’re compulsively lying, the lies seem to just come out automatically. Sometimes people who compulsively lie do so with internal motives, such as looking good to others and/or masking low self-esteem). You might tell a lie to reach some specific end, or it may seem as though the lie is for no reason at all. The key to determining if lying has become compulsive lying is whether you are making a conscious decision to lie, or if it is something you do automatically and it’s seemingly uncontrollable.
Here’s a link to an article that discusses some of the research on the prevalence of dishonesty in our everyday lives. White lies are lies that don’t really hurt anyone, but that a person chooses to tell to reach a desired outcome. It continues for years and is a long-term problem that is not salvaged in a day or two. Many people tell “white lies” from time-to-time. Chronic Issue: The onset of pathological lying begins when an individual is in their teens, and they propagate with age progression.
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