I have known a few people in this situation & they all have strong tendencies of not being truthful but insisting that they are?
2007-02-02 03:31:27 · 8 answers · asked by COblonde 3 in Health ➔ Mental Health
there are many states that can cause this,a common one is very low self esteem,some people need to have them selves noticed, and they will lie at any cost to be noticed.watch out for some of these people they will lead you down paths you do not want to go.
2007-02-02 03:46:12 · answer #1 · answered by johny1punch 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My son lies about a lot of things and we've decided it's a kind of defense mechanism to compensate for an inability to cope. I know this may sound farfetched, but it's what it is. He doesn't want to be sick so in order to not disappoint us, he tries to be someone he's not. He very much wants to be "normal" with dreams of being married with a job and a home like a lot of us have. When you have such a hard time just getting by day to day, it's pretty hard to achieve these things. Of course we, his parents and family have difficulty figuring it all out and it's very frustrating at times. He has ruined his credit and many relationships and feels a lot of shame because of it, so he tries to cover up his wrongdoings. It's a vicious circle, the more you lie the worse you feel and the worse you feel the more you make things up. An inability to control compulsions and impulsivity, which are problems associated with his illness(schizoaffective disorder) can wreak havoc with his life and with those that care about him. Please don't misunderstand, I'm not excusing such behaviour, but it is what it is. He doesn't seem to be able to weigh the consequences and learn from them. As the psychiatrist explained, a compulsion is an uncontrollable urge and is almost impossible to overcome. We only hope that with maturity his life and ours will get easier and less chaotic, however; that may not happen.
2007-02-02 13:17:24 · answer #2 · answered by lookwid 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
How do you know that you're just not paranoid?
Being manipulative is often symptomatic of being both manic and Bi Polar. but certainly not always. Some people are very proactive in their own treatment and actually want to get better.
Most people who are habitual and recurring... Need to manipulate to have their way.
It's not always intentional or devious... Sometimes it is just for survival.
Ever notice how when people get ill they almost always refer to the disease they have as being "My Cancer" or "My mental Illness." With the mentally ill, and especially with mania or Bi polar people, they are often very hard to treat and or diagnose because they defend their own state and condition to such an extreme, they they will do anything to justify their behavior. They protect the very thing that is making them sick...
Very typical actually.
and in certain cases... They actually BELIEVE their own lies. Which is also symptomatic and every psychiatrist expects one or another of these as a result of either illness eventually. Reality is slightly askew on different levels for each individual.
Comes down to the same as everyone else... Some people are honest and some are deceitful. You don't have to be manic or Bi polar to be a liar and vice versa.
You do realize that some people lie, because they don't feel that the person they are talking to deserves the truth or the expenditure of an explination. Hence a boyfriend that just wants to have his cake and eat it to!
2007-02-02 11:35:06 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I wouldn't label them "pathological liars" - reason being is that maybe they are in denial of the truth? And they are saving face of embarassment?
Sometimes it's just blatent "ignorance" ?
This could of course be debated further with the person and maybe with them "fessing up" they may feel a better person? I firmly believe when encountering a "liar" be sure of your own understanding of the situation too -
2007-02-02 11:37:28 · answer #4 · answered by Porshe B 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think so. My father is bi-polar (manic- depressive)
He has been lying before I was born.
He is older and his lies are horrible.
every month ...He says He is dying of something.
We thought he had MS for years.
We were kissing his butt and everything.
Be careful they can be convincing.
Mentally ill people lie the best.
2007-02-02 11:37:27 · answer #5 · answered by nickname 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Pathological liars need not be depressed. They just have a personality disorder
2007-02-02 11:51:57 · answer #6 · answered by smedrik 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
50/50
2007-02-02 11:40:24 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No.
I know people who suffer and are very trustworthy and don't lie out of hand.
2007-02-02 11:35:36 · answer #8 · answered by PsiKnight9 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋