Why do people lie?

Question

why do people tell such grand lies?

a coworker has a story for anything you have a conversations about.
and you never have information this person didn't already know, as if they knew about it , (and you know it's not true)

if we added up all the stories our co worker has told he would have to be 150 years to have accomplished it all

what's up with that?

Answer 1

Well they are called pathological liars. They just crave attention a lot, so they come up with things that arent true. In order to have a lively convo or just praises from people. Advise him to go to a therapist.
Maybe that should help!!

Answer 2

pathological liar

Pathological liar is a non-clinical term for a person who intentionally provides untrue accounts, often not to hide or gain anything in particular. This is different from a person who lies, yet believes them, which is known as confabulation. Though "pathological liar" is not a clinical term, this only indicates that it is not defined in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (Fourth Edition), or DSM-IV, as a disorder. Pathological lying may be the manifestation of an anti-social behavior, such as Antisocial personality disorder, also known as sociopathic behavior.

It should be stated that still other disorders may include chronic lying as part of their description. For example, a person diagnosed with Dissociative identity disorder will deny doing things he or she does not remember. The person may have no memory of an action and will insist that it never happened. However, anyone who had witnessed the action will believe the individual to be lying. This is, of course, an over-simplified version, and any actual situation will be more complicated. Confusing the issue more, some people diagnosed with dissociative identity disorder may also have sociopathic tendencies and intentionally lie about some things.

Even though pathological lying is not recognized as a clinical disorder, legal cases often require that you prove that the defendant is aware that he or she is lying. This proof is most important in cases of slander and/or liability

Answer 3

Low self esteem, it causes people to tell all sorts of stories. In their mind you are all so impressed by their fantasy tails and it makes them feel good about themselves. Try to ignore the stories, but if it irritates you, tell the person the truth or they will keep doing it.

Answer 4

He is insecure about himself and feels like he needs to overindulge you with stories so you'll find him interesting. You can either call him out on it or humor him but keep in mind that he probably is just trying to make friends. (It's a lame way to do that, i know..)

Answer 5

he wants people to look up to him. maybe he thinks his real life is boring and the lies help him feel better about himself. and he is a pathalogical liar so he probably has convinced himself they are true.

Answer 6

It's human nature.