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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Does it really not occur to you posters that somebody who is incapable of telling the truth, whose lies are so thin and obvious that they're nearly always found out, who constantly has to make new friends because she / he is being "found out" about lying, etc, is probably lying out of some kind of deep-seated compulsion or mental problem?

I posted before. I will spare you the details but I have a history of pathological lying. I quit cold turkey about 10 years ago and haven't told a big whopper since. My history is so sad and tragic, with so much abuse of every kind, and frankly you unsympathetic people are unworthy of my story, even anonymously. But let me assure you, I never let that sad true story get out. Instead, I lied and made up a false person for myself because I couldn't not BEAR to deal with reality.

Several of my lies were of the flimsiest sort. A child could see through them. I am so thankful that I have real friends who looked past this. It took years for me to be able to realize how to change my life and behavior. Nobody would have ever had a clue how deep the waters ran. I was very good at concealing how damaged I was inside, and how terribly important it was to me to have the facade of my lies to protect me like a second skin. I am so glad no mean friend pointed out my obvious lies.

You never know what someone else is dealing with. Even my best friend did not know what happened and was happening to me for years.

So maybe next time, try to leap out of your own skin and have empathy, when the wounds your friends are displaying are SO OBVIOUS. Nobody lies like that for nothing! It's almost always a deep personal trouble. [/quote]

Right, I read your sad and tragic post, and feel for you. Spend some time getting to know other people's tragedies, PP, and you'll learn that your story, while sad and moderately tragic, is by no means the most sad and tragic life story around. Believe it or not, even some of the posters whose lack of empathy you're decrying have far more sad and tragic life stories than yours. Good luck to you.[/quote]

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