Why do people lie?

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  • sydslytherin
    5 years ago | pl

    I lie because I can. It helps me get what I want. Growing up with divorced parents who always made me pick sides showed me that if lying saves me trouble and the result is the same, why would I not lie? That eventually spread to lying to avoid trouble and lying to sound cooler and now I’m so good at it that it comes out more naturally than the truth does sometimes. Also, if you can’t remember your lies, you can’t lie. So people also lie because they have good memories.

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    • Anonymous Post Author
      5 years ago | pl

      Actually what I am asking is why do people lie even when they don't have too??
      Some people lie for no reason

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      • sydslytherin
        5 years ago | pl

        I do that now because it just comes out half the time. If you lie enough, eventually you like lies more than you like the truth. I only tell people I care about the truth, everyone else basically receives lies. And even the people I care about, I lie to them more than I should.

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        • Anonymous Post Author
          5 years ago | pl

          So basically continuously lying will make you a pathological liar & you will lie for no reason??

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          • sydslytherin
            5 years ago | pl

            In my case at least. And from what I read that seems to be the reasoning for most compulsive liars (there’s a difference between pathological liars and compulsive liars)

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