[dirt69juggalo]

I lie to people all the time I lie to get things to get my way to make people feel better to hurt people to make myself feel better. I can't seem to break the habit I was wondering if its to do with bipolar or not

[SunAngel]

I don't know how old you are, but this is quite common in younger people.

If you are a young person, you will change as you grow. I used to do the same exact thing when I was younger.

I hit my 40's and just suddenly stopped doing it.

It is immature to do this, and I don't mean that in an insulting manner. You will stop doing this as you grow, no matter how old you are.

[Trippin2.0]

I agree, I was a compulsive liar during my teens, and then 1 day around 9 years ago, I decided that people's honesty is VERY important to me. So I had to reciprocate. It was hard to stop, bcoz lying came so naturally, but I'm 27 now and actually find it DIFFICULT to lie. So you can change your behaviour...

I'm not a liar at all, and never have been. Outside, of course, of the white lies sorts... you know, saying, "oh, yes, that's very nice", when in fact I don't think so and those of being evasive of how bad things really are. But I never make stuff up. It never even occurs to me to do so. Beside is just being my personality, I think there are a couple of factors that are re-inforcing... I have a big (verging on paranoid) fear of "getting in trouble". It's not unusual for me to fear it even if I haven't done anything wrong. (Thank you, childhood.). Also, I have a hard enough time keeping reality straight, and could never possibly keep "stories" straight.

I'm freakishly trustworthy. Sometimes, I have trouble in the "real world" because I don't "get it". The games, the deceptions. I have to really work at following, say, a story of palace intrigue.

[faerie_moon_x]

I was always being accused of being a liar and manipulator. I am still always being accused of it.... I actually believe so much in honesty. I'm a terrible liar, actually. I don't hide my emotions very well. I'm a good actress, as in stage actress, because I am very emotional, actually. But not face to face. It makes me really angry to be accused.

I think it comes from those strange episodes in my past that were probably psychosis, because in my head were these elaborate stories. Of course that wasn't deliberate. Also as a child I was "sick" a lot and trying to stay home from school. I was not only badly bullied but I had a mother that had cancer... I remember always being afraid to come home and find her dead. I also felt guilty that she was sick and I wasn't, so I think I wanted to be sick, too. I mean, I was just a little girl! But I've never lived it down.

I say be aware that if people observe this behavior, you can be branded forever.

[AniManiac]

Originally Posted by Innerzone

I'm not a liar at all, and never have been. Outside, of course, of the white lies sorts... you know, saying, "oh, yes, that's very nice", when in fact I don't think so and those of being evasive of how bad things really are. But I never make stuff up. It never even occurs to me to do so. Beside is just being my personality, I think there are a couple of factors that are re-inforcing... I have a big (verging on paranoid) fear of "getting in trouble". It's not unusual for me to fear it even if I haven't done anything wrong. (Thank you, childhood.). Also, I have a hard enough time keeping reality straight, and could never possibly keep "stories" straight.

I'm freakishly trustworthy. Sometimes, I have trouble in the "real world" because I don't "get it". The games, the deceptions. I have to really work at following, say, a story of palace intrigue.

You could have been describing me with this! I'm brutally honest, though I've learned a little tact over the years, including when to keep my big mouth shut (most of the time, anyway, when I'm not hypomanic...)

I used to try to get away with lying when I was a kid, but my mom always saw through it, and I learned pretty quick that it was much easier just to be straight-up about things. I also can't keep lies straight in my head - oh what a tangled web we weave, when first we practice to deceive - it's so true!

I'm so bad at making up falsehoods that I literally can't write fiction if I try.

[Moose72]

I find that I'm good at lying. But i also have a guilty conscience. So it evens out I guess.