#pathological lying

Yes this includes personality disorders

Including npd and aspd

Yes this includes all psychotic disorders & disorders that cause psychotic symptoms

Yes this includes paraphilic disorders. All of them.

Yes this includes disorders that cause, or are even characterized by, attention seeking

Yes this includes disorders that directly have lying as a common symptom

Yes this includes dissociative disorders

Yes this includes any disorder with "gross" symptoms

Yes this includes physical disorders too

Yes this includes disorders that can cause loss of control of any kind- control of speech, control of body movement, etc.

Yes tis includes disorders that make someone "look scary"

and

"compulsive lying is a complex issue and can be a symptom of much deeper problems and needs to be treated very carefully"

like, what makes you think you know ANYTHING personal about me from a glance at my public blog? i lie all the fucking time? i have excel spreadsheets dedicated to upholding my personas so i don’t get them mixed up on accident? i have MANY alt accounts dedicated to upholding the lives of those personas, not to mention all the email addresses i need to do so?

some of my personas are “friends”, some i’ve never mentioned between blogs. one of my personas is a 30yo cis woman. one is a teenage t-boy. some are religious, some aren’t. some are writers, others are crocheters. one writes book reviews. i’m a pathological liar (or am i? is that just one of my personas?)

like this isnt even to do with being a system. it’s not different accounts for my alters. it’s literally different people that i came up with. SOME of my personas are also systems, but not all of them

the three things i will say for absolute certain that have NO fiction in them AT ALL, that i swear on my LIFE by, are that:

none of my personas are artists (i can excuse lying, but i won’t stand for stealing art)

this blog’s “persona” is as close to my actual personality as i’ll allow it

Therapist- Why do you lie?

Me- *shrugs* I don't know

Therapist- Let me ask, how long have you been lying?

Me- I don't know

Therapist- Do you know lying is bad?

Me- That's what they say

Therapist- Do you have any reason to lie?

Me- I don't know. Maybe

Therapist- Why maybe?

Me- I get in trouble when I lie but I also get in trouble when I tell the truth so why does it matter?

Therapist- Has anyone told you to lie?

Me- No

Therapist- Why not we start telling small truths from now on?

Me- Because the truth is always wrong. They wanna hear what they wanna hear

Pathological lying is one of the conditions therapists look for when diagnosing CD/ASPD while it does not give direct symptoms of the disorder, it's one of the listed criteria. While many view lying as "bad" and "intentional" it's not always such. Lying can be done as a defense mechanism, lying can be the result of one's environmental growth, etc....

Pathological lying is also considered a compulsive disorder in which the person whether intentionally or unintentionally, will lie in order to either get what they want or to protect themselves from punishment

“Wdym you don’t know?? Of course you have a reason, you must be lying about that. Promise you won’t lie.”

“I literally can’t do that??”

“Well you have to”

“Ok *lies about not lying I guess??*”