2006-10-26 15:54:16 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Social Science ➔ Psychology
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.[citation needed]
In the novel, The Catcher in the Rye, by J.D. Salinger, the main character, Holden Caulfield, has this disorder and lies frequently.
and liar is a person who tells lies.
2006-10-26 15:57:17 · answer #1 · answered by Galaxy D 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
We all lie, we are all liars at one point or another in our lives. A pathological liar lies all the time, it gets to a point where the person does not even know the difference between reality, and his/her lies.
2006-10-26 15:59:21 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Usually people lie for some type of gain or to avoid hurting feelings. A pathological liar lies about almost everything for no real gain, and sometimes starts to believe that those lies are actual reality.
2006-10-26 16:02:28 · answer #3 · answered by BAnne 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A liar will go out of their way to lie about something on the spur of the moment if it will keep them out of trouble or make them look good or something, and a pathological liar will sit and concoct lies to tell long in advance of the telling, but also will tell spur of the moment lies that don't seem to serve any purpose at all.
2006-10-26 15:58:48 · answer #4 · answered by *babydoll* 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A liar lies sometimes, a pathological liar has no clue if they're telling the truth or not because they always lie.
2006-10-26 15:56:49 · answer #5 · answered by Sarah 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A liar lies on occasion thinking of the lie will be and if it will be valid and a pathological liar is a person that lies about anything rather it be big or small, lies about anything and everything. If a person lie about the small things, there's something unsafe about that person.
2006-10-26 18:09:44 · answer #6 · answered by Dimples 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A pathological liar is someone who lies about simple stuff that doesn't make sense. They will even lie to the point where they are even able to convince themselves that it is the truth. For example, this guy told one of my friends that he had testicular cancer and then she found out he was lying. A liar usually just lie to stay out of trouble. neither is good though.
2006-10-26 16:08:53 · answer #7 · answered by ShellyBelly 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A liar only lies sometimes and it is something they chose to do, but it is not addicting. They could lie out of habit, but it is not an addiction for them. Most of the time they lie to impress people.
A pathological liar must lie. The are addicted to it, and can not stop doing so. They may even begin to believe their own lies.
2006-10-26 16:11:17 · answer #8 · answered by Xander 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
let's see...a liar is a person that lie sometimes...to either protect someone or to not hurt their feelings......Now a pathological liar lies ALL the time and CANNOT TELL THE DIFFERENCE...AND THAT PERSON IS CRAZY , but will not ever consider seeking help!!! so you would have to let him be...get away from this person as soon as you can...you can just say....i feel we are going in different directions!!!
2006-10-26 16:08:30 · answer #9 · answered by sweet 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Liar can include pathological liar.
Liar is a general term.
Pathological liar only specialize certain lies.
2006-10-26 15:56:33 · answer #10 · answered by YourDreamDoc 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋