Is it normal to make things up for attention?

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sometimes, i will make things up for attention either to seem “cool” or to gain sympathy. i’ve done this ever since i was a child. i would come up with creative and elaborate stories to get attention from peers. i am a teenager now, and i’m trying to stop doing this, but it’s a habit. last year, i discovered that i had a slight deformity that effected the way i walked. and it was real. but sometimes, i would find myself exaggerating it just to make sure people knew about it so i could get special treatment. i would NEVER make up symptoms or purposely injure myself. that is way too far. is this normal? how can i stop doing this?

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  • Ellenna
    5 years ago

    You need to work on your self esteem, probably with professional help. I did similar stuff for a few months when I was a teenager in my first job with older girls, making up interesting lies about what I'd been up to over the weekend, but managed to stop when I noticed their eyes glazing over and realized they could see right through my bullshit.

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  • RoseIsabella
    5 years ago

    Yeah, that's kindaz jacked up. If people find out you're just a big ole liar it won't be pretty.

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  • nikkiclaire
    5 years ago

    How will ever make an honest connection with someone if you just make up lies? I think it's better to be yourself, that way you get honest feedback from others, and not feedback on some bullshit story.

    If you keep doing this you will be alone and miserable later in life.

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    • Anonymous Post Author
      5 years ago

      i don’t do it a lot. it’s like an occasional thing that i do when conversation gets boring. it’s not like all of my relationships with people are based on lies

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  • SOMERANDOMGUY1243235
    5 years ago

    No
    It's normal when you're a kid

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  • SammyStarts
    5 years ago

    I do that sometimes because I have a really low self esteem so I would say we aren't normal.

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  • [Old Memory]
    5 years ago

    It was normal as a kid. Now it's not. Stop it as soon as possible. Not a good habit.

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  • GertrudeGill
    5 years ago

    Yesterday at the gas station I was making friendly chit-chat with someone also pumping gas and we were talking about Donald Trump because someone had written graffiti about him on the pump. I asked him who he hoped to see run in 2020 and when I shared who I hoped to see win he started talking about him in a way that I knew he had no idea who I was talking about. I guess he just wanted to feel accepted and included in the conversation so he pretended to know what I was talking about. It was sad watching him lie like that just be friendly. Honesty is the foundation of friendship... because if you can't trust someone, there is absolutely no potential for a relationship. How can you trust anything they ever say is true?

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