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Do you guys think that I’m a pathological liar? I made up a lot of stories to impress others. Very detailed too. It started with my girlfriend as I would lie and say that plenty of other men and women would try asking me out on a daily basis. I did this because I got little to no attention from her. As expected she got really angry and I was so relieved because this meant that she still loved me. But it does not stop there. I even made up another separate person, creating a fake Instagram account and taking pictures off pintrest to make him look believable. Anytime I wasn’t getting attention I would use him as a second option to try and talk to her. It wasn’t me, but at least I was talking to her and getting her attention. She still believes he’s real to this day. I even made up an actual believable background history for him too to spice things up. Moving on to my friends I do lie less, but I only lie to avoid the attention from them. I’ve lied about other friends because they think I don’t hang out with others. I lie about where I am so I won’t get asked to go anywhere. I lie about my health so no one will ask questions about my disorders since I get really uncomfortable from them (not sure why it’s from them). I just want to know how to stop lying to them both for attention and sympathy, because it’s getting exhausting. I’ve been doing this for 5 years.
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Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD)
Chronic Irritability and Anger
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Yes i do think you are a pathological lier. I am one too and i relate to you very heavily. I’ve been able to stop the HUGE lies however it’s difficult to just not lie, ya know? I realized i was a pathological lier when i questioned if i was or not. i got better at telling the truth because i began to build confidence in myself. silly things like leaning into my special interests and to embrace the abnormal things about me helped out a lot! i will also note that it is SO hard to find helpful content that doesn’t belittle people like us. irs not we want to live like this, its all i know/knew. im sorry its getting difficult but i know others who’ve been able to live a truthful life! we will get there!!!
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