Pathological Liar

Why does a person lie? What factors cause a person to become a compulsive liar or a pathological liar? When a person lies to you or to other constantly, do you ever wonder what causes them to do so? Instead of taking it personally, this research will point out the reasons as to why compulsive liars come to be who they are. Many compulsive liars use dishonesty as a mean of self-protection against physical or emotional threat. Some lie to create a false fantasy or a false self-esteem to escape tragedies or horrors in their life (Dr.Phil).Also, this research will tackle the difference between compulsive lying and the normal “white lies” people use every day. First, many people get exposed to criticism every day. Naturally,

This may cause them to build up a false and made up personality around their true identity and self. This type of false identity can cause people to turn into compulsive liars as they continually lie to keep up with their fake self and to prevent the framework from collapsing. No matter what, people would always want to look good to others and to themselves so logically they will avoid anything that causes them to look bad or that destroys their self-esteem (Mueller). This type of lying occurs mostly among teenagers that go way and beyond with lying about their background or life story in order to fit in or avoid

But what makes a compulsive liar different from the normal “white lies” that we throw every day? “In many cases compulsive lying maybe the result of a person who has entirely manufactured their own reality. In this reality they are either a hero or a victim, depending on the situation. What is striking is that people who are habitually untruthful chronically try to present themselves favorably in every possible situation. As a result of this, many lies have to be created and many more deceptions have to be invented in order to maintain the whole deceit. This is also what differentiates pathological liars from people who use white lies or augment the truth a little bit. Pathological lies drift off into the world of fantasy and might be easily identifiable for others.”