Are they aware that they are lying, and doing it on purpose to protect their reputation? Or is their perspective so different that they honestly believe what they are telling themselves and everybody else? How is this possible? Is it a defense mechanism to avoid pain/trauma/rejection/failure, etc?
2006-11-30 03:01:46 · 5 answers · asked by charleston chew 2 in Social Science ➔ Psychology
Some really do believe their own lies.Most can be labeled under the disorder,as being Anti-social personalitys.They have no remorse and feel no Guilt.
2006-11-30 03:09:08 · answer #1 · answered by Rather be dead than red... 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's denial, a defense mechanism. If you tell the same lie enough, pretty soon even you start to believe it. Sometimes people will do this on purpose to forget something they don't want to remember. Other times it is the subconscience's way of protecting us from traumatic experiences.
2006-11-30 03:05:36 · answer #2 · answered by vlalto 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If this is a repeated pattern, they could be a pathological liar. I have a friend that is. Frankly, after knowing her for long enough, I pretty much know when she's lying and when she's not. Since I know she can't really help it, I've just learned to live with it, but it does present SERIOUS trust issues.
I think hers began out of trying to mentally take herself out of the painful reality of her mom's illness and death and then it just kind of spread to her whole life.
2006-11-30 03:10:36 · answer #3 · answered by teel2624 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
people lie for many reasons, the ones you've listen and to simply make their lives seem more interesting. If you lie about events to everyone, eventually you will start believing those events actually happened exactly the way you thought it up.
2006-11-30 03:15:29 · answer #4 · answered by Mel 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
god just realised i did this
ah well time to face up to facts
2006-11-30 03:10:50 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋