2006-07-16 11:45:02 · 24 answers · asked by BUNKUM! 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Other - Society & Culture
Not deep down, otherwise they wouldn't feel the need to cover up the lies. Plus they get defensive and evasive when you challenge them.
I think its not so much that they believe the lies they tell, more like they believe thats the way it 'should' be. I think they also believe that other people 'should' go along with it; and that most people are too polite to say anything to their face.
2006-07-16 11:52:22 · answer #1 · answered by sarah c 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Have you ever been to the Compulsive Liars Convention in Tulsa, OK? They hold contests every year among the participants to see who can tell the most outrageous lies. They have different categories, like, "most believable lie" "most unbeliveable lie" "Lies about yer mama" and "things that sound like lies, but are really the truth"
I'm not malikng this up. I know a guy who won the grand prize last year. He's married to my mama's ex-husband's sister's best friend. I swear to Goodness.
2006-07-16 11:55:30 · answer #2 · answered by Just Gone 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ah, but there's the catch - it's not really a lie if you believe it.
That being said, it's true that the most effective liars believe their own lies and/or tell the truth most of the time.
2006-07-16 11:48:53 · answer #3 · answered by extton 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Not always, but usually. If you don't believe it, then no one else will! Compulsive liars usually don't stay in one place too long after they get busted for lame lies...after that, they get their sh*t together by keeping notes, journals, & fine tuning "open-ended" lies!
2006-07-16 11:54:19 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
A good liar can convince their brain that what they are saying should be stored where genuine memories are. So when next they talk of the lie it seems real and they more they reinforce it the less it is a lie to them.
2006-07-16 12:02:22 · answer #5 · answered by Thinker 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
They know when the initial lie is told but the believe their own lies very quickly.
2006-07-16 12:07:00 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes
2006-07-16 13:10:14 · answer #7 · answered by Mary S 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes I believe they do after a while, that's part of the whole sad thing. It makes them so convincing and determined that it is the truth as they know it to be.
2006-07-16 11:50:34 · answer #8 · answered by xbkw46 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think they might. I've meet a few and when there okay they seem so together, when they do that lying thing they are lost, like they truly believe what their throwing out there. Sad, it must be treatable; people should not suffer so.
2006-07-16 11:52:41 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think they do. I once knew a guy who told everyone his mother had died for attention and he cried and everything. I don't believe that anyone could put on a performance like that without at least momentarily believing it themselves.
2006-07-16 11:49:15 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋