Pathological Lying Vs Normal Lying? How To Tell the Difference

We had a friend in our circle once..."Lyin' Paul". The truth was, we all knew what liar we were dealing with! So he was our inside joke!

I wish my lying tenant can see this. Every time I have to communicate with her, lies start rolling off her tongue. She got on the bad side of me when she lied on almost half her screening questions and I allowed her to move in before I was finished checking. And she has been lying ever since where she told so many whoppers. Just a few days ago she lied to me about her dog barking than lied again about her mother's age just after. I'm trying to get rid of her since she has pulled a lot of other crap that put red flags on her rental contract and she wonders why I don't like her which I made it known to her.

I admit I have told little white lies as to not hurt someone's feelings when they look ridiculous for instance. But most of the time my wording is neutral. So yes little white lies like this can be beneficial.

I'll admit I used to be horrendous with lying, reflection allowed me to see the endless damage it did.... but, lately though I just don't socialize, simply clam up or internally remind myself nothing is worth lying to any person for or about.

My new personal reminder "Remember. You gotta call a screw a screw, not a nail."

my bf is like this. told me he isn’t looking at other girls but does it daily. ignored me just like girls pics and he’s always on it, said he slept and was busy with other stuff and got mad at me. then i realized so many times he lied about himself, and just everything that doesn’t make add up. AND CHANGING HIS STORY EVERY FKING TIME. like it drives me crazy like i canf.. 😭😭

As someone who used to constantly pathologically lie, I think that when I started taking adderall, stopping became significantly easier—there wasn’t really any urge at all.

Since born...

What about when you start a new job and a fellow teem member asks questions beyond comfortable for new association ie...so how old are your children ,,,are you still married ..oh so do you have your children full time .where do you live ...oh what street is that ,? I have a friend in that area ..ect ect .

OMG! 86% of our government especially the Biden regime are full of pathological liars... a very sick decease no wonder no one takes responsibility and constantly blames people who are the innocent ones or real victims.

Them people sick in the head!

You make me laugh dr. Saying: Dig their way out! lol. I too rarely lie, see I got my two brothers and my two sisters all punished, grounded, and sent to bed without dinner when I lied and said I didn’t eat that whole tub of yoghurt, even though I had. Seeing the abject misery I caused in our house, I promised God that I’d never lie again.
To this day, I find it hard to lie, and prefer to say nothing rather than lie.

I wonder if pathological lying can lead to something like schizophrenia? My mother told us a lot of lies growing up. Eventually she started believing her own stories and couldn't tell the difference

yes when someone is more detail oriented than the core foundation of any actions they are true liars,because details is something which you use to scapegoat another person, core foundation you cant trick the other person with,people who are detail oriented are generally liars this has been my long experience

Tell the lying dishonest people to get lost, take all their fake scams with them. You no longer welcome.

I believe I used to be a pathological liar but I've grown out of it. I just wish i was able to tell the truth 100% of the time. The truth feels much better in retrospect but sometimes can be difficult in the moment.

you do nice videos

My grandpa always said ! Tell the truth son and you won’t have to remember a thing ❤

if you need further video examples of pathological lying type TRUMP in the search bar above.

Normal lying lol

I lied to my college friends that i am their age even though i have failed and repeated high school but now a person from my school knows me and possibly can tell everyone😢, so i came here to know how big of a liar will people consider me after they know this. I have also told many more lies to mask it.

This is me

Due to my constant masking, I'm sure I do a lot of the tiny lies whenever I have to deal with/talk to people.
Usually just stupid stuff, like, "I'll have to see if I'm available that day," because I need time to process their request, invite, or suggestion first, but mainly I need time to come up with a polite but assertive way of saying "no."
Which is usually another small lie, because "I just don't want to" or "I really can't stand you" would likely just cause more problems than it would solve.

Korsakoff's syndrome is associated with alcoholism because of bad diet. Not as a direct result of ethanol.

I need advise on dealing with my kids mother. She is seriously f'ed in the head n goin further

is borderline personality disorder part of that?

My mom and my sisters...omg! They just throw in lies in normal discussion for no reason.

I'll admit that i had this problem when i first went to a psychologist. She was asking a bunch of questions. I was being checked for all of the personality disorders and neurodevelopmental disorders, and i just kept lying without much thoughts about reasons. I'm not sure what the reason was for it.

I think for the first time in my life, i can now see how lying easily can become like an addiction, or a compulsion as you called it.
And the more you lie, the easier it gets, and the better you get at it. At one point you just start believing your own lies, which removes all feelings of nervousness and anxiety completely.
Which again can make you a better liar, because nervousness is typically a dead giveaway.

It really complicated my assessment. Afterall, how can you give an accurate diagnosis if the patient is lying all the time?
She diagnosed me with "Pervasive Developmental Disorder NOS, and moderate depression with some antisocial tendencies".
I suspect it's a misdiagnosis, but it's partially my own fault.
She did say that it could have been some sort of defense mechanism to create distance from more personal questions. I guess it makes sense, because the times i lie the most is when people try to get close and personal. It's a way to avoid attachment i guess.
And that's not even getting into the personal pleasure of fooling people and getting away with it. Lying becomes too easy after a while. That's when it becomes a habit.

Greed. Greed is their motive. Sickening.

That’s interesting, how do you get healed of such a thing and as a doctor assuming you’re a psychiatrist? How do you know that the patient is even telling you the truth?

What about people lying to frame someone to damage that person reputation or to destroy relationships with family or friends

Big lie- telling your kids there is Santa Claus. Pathological Lying- telling your teen there is Santa Claus

I never tell any of these lies, I've lived an interesting life so I don't need to lie in order to have a good story to tell. I also don't do things like small lies, I'm just kind of blunt in that sense but it's also because I'm Dutch. I notice other people lying like that often so I came to this video to figure out what lying looks like. Now I think there's something wrong with me for not lying and I'll probably trust people a lot less.

but I can't control it !!!! it's unbearable fr

i used to tell lies to make myself look cool as a kid (when i was 5-10) but when i grew up i stopped. idk if i was a pathological liar or not.

Is calling in sick really that big of a lie? That sounds like some corporate manipulation right there

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A lot of NON STOP PATHOLOGICAL LIARS. THEY TELL LIES AFTER LIES TO PEOPLE FACES, BEHIND THEIR BACKS TO OTHER PEOPLE ALL DAY LONG. STUPID LIES FOR NO REASON OR VERY DANGEROUS LYING ON PURPOSE JUST TO GET AWAY OR FOR NO REASON. JUST A BUNCH OF LIARS. THERE NOT VERY TRUSTWORTHY SCAMMERS AN LIARS. DON'T KNOW WHY THE SAME KNOWN LIARS STILL THINK THEIR SCAMMING PEOPLE. LOL. JUST LIARS, TELLING THE SAME TIRED ASS LIES. SHRUGGING JUST STUPID LIES THAT DON'T EVEN HAVE TO LIE ABOUT..... A CONSTANTLY PATHOLOGICAL LIERS WILL STILL TELL THE LIES EVEN WHEN KNOW THATS A LIES. STUPID LIARS. SHRUGGING.

What do you call a personality like Donald Trump?

Thank you doc . I absolutely love all your videos ...very warm + inspiring . " Fantastico"

"Multiple outrageous lies"

Lying is lying

plot twist all of this was true

Before watching:

Normal lying: Lying to protect you or someone close to you

Pathological lying: Lying to manipulate those close to you

very good explanation! thanks doc

It's a lot of people in Houston need nothing and help

I need to get a divorce.

I mean I do be out here lying for no reason pretty frequently but I don’t really like the label “pathological liar” so I’m gonna lie and say I’m honest and upfront instead

Hello Dr. Tracey, I have a very interesting situation and I am trying to find videos regarding this, or if you would like to make a video about this; because I always see it in narcissism behaviors. I have two very close friends, let's name one Clara; who is now single but was in a relationship, and Ana; who is currently in a relationship. Both of their boyfriends have the SAME story, the tragic story of "My mom was selling me for drugs and money." Now the only reason I know this is because the men told me as well, unprovoked. They told me something that according to Ana and Clara, they have NEVER told anyone. I think you see where I am going with this. Both their relationships are ones that I do not approve of because of the behavior< of trauma excuse. Thankfully Clara noticed this after we were done having our girl's night session (reading books and recapping the past few months)This is not the first time I've seen it. In high school, someone would say some story about drugs and abuse, but then you see the family, how their bond is not one of trauma, not one of hate, not one of forgiveness, no cps involvement because they seem to tell people, and when there was, there was no sign of said abuse; just a normal family who is constantly in contact two to three times a year, and their living situation and history is NOTHING compared to what they have "told them personally" (which they already tell others). I personally call it the "Trauma bonding bait" by dudes who are narcissistic. Also, other aspects to point out: O-ver protectiveness unprovoked, jokes that clearly embarrass the person, the victim always backing them up because of said story, the victim still trying to be empathetic after the events because the man will act hurt but his actions are the complete opposite and a traumatic story that when you sit back and listen to it, google similar real cases, their behavior and family connections do not correlate with said 'traumatic story' He is not broken ladies, he just wants an excuse for you to waive his actions.