Pathological Liar

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A pathological liar is usually a person who tells lies to make them selves look better, feel better and seem better. These people are often depressed with their lives, they often have very low self esteem and are lacking in social society. Confronting such a person can cause an emotional breakdown, where the lies they have told when confronted bring the person to the reality they are trying so desperately not to face.



How to Spot a Pathological Liar:

They change their story all the time

They will exaggerate and lie about everything, the smallest and easiest things to tell the truth about and the big serious things

What ever you do, they can do it better.

They often don’t value the truth, and can often live in their own type of reality.

They will act defensively when questioned or challenged, they see their lies as not hurting anyone

They lie for sympathy or to seem better

They usually never own up to the lies

They contradict what they say, they lose track of the many lies told

They lie because they are insecure



My question to you is two-fold:



1. Do you know a person like this?

2. How do you deal with a pathological liar?

 

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Then they get all bent out of shape and morally outraged when they do tell a truth and no one believes them.