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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If it's dementia they aren't lying.  Their mind is not working right and confused.[/quote]

Well there is a lot of blaming these days and made up stories to protect themselves. So while you are correct, it shows up as a lie.[/quote]

Right, but it's confabulation because they don't have the actual intent to deceive anyone. They're trying to fill in gaps to make the world make sense to themselves.[/quote]

Well that isn't exactly true at least not in the case I'm talking about. What I've noticed is that rather than discussing something that is concerning to them or they don't understand the complexities of they just make something up. But it's always to prove they are right or are good. It's a blend of narcissistic behaviors and difficulty with conversation trying to shut down discussions to a couple of words. Sure they are making the world make sense to them but it's always to make themselves feel safe or make their worldview safe. Like a kid who makes up that there wasn't a cookie in the cookie jar because they don't want it revealed that they ate it. Yes, that makes their world safer, but it's hard to know whether or not they actually remember the cookie being eaten or not. It seems easy to trick their mind that they didn't eat the cookie or they get overly anxious that eating the cookie might be a problem so preemptively declare they didn't eat the cookie which is easy to prove was eaten. Just stupid stuff they lie about that they didn't usually do before or at least not as often in their lifetime. Very rigid thinking. And very childlike.[/quote]

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