I have bent the truth. For instance, when I fell down a stair case I was bruised but okay. But I had been looking for an excuse to get out of something that was giving me a great deal of anxiety so I told them my injury was worse than it was.

I recently stretched the truth about being sick in order to avoid another situation giving me a great deal of grief. I really was experiencing nausea (likely due to the anxiety) but I made it sound worse than it was too