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Pathological Liars
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Does anyone know one? Close family member maybe? How do you get someone like this to believe they are a pathological liar, needs help and to GET help?
Posted on 02/07/09, 12:02 pm
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Reply #1 - 02/07/09  1:01pm
" my sister had a b/f like that and they lie so much they believe it to be the truth. I dont know how you could ever trust or believe them. "
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Reply #2 - 02/07/09  1:16pm
" MY OLDEST DAUGHTER IS THAT WAY....EVERYTHING IS MADE UP, A PARTIAL LIE OR GREATLY EMBELLISHED. SHE HAS LIED SO MUCH THAT NOW THE LIES ARE REAL TO HER. I HAVEE CALLED HER ON IT SO MANY TIMES, TRIED TO GET HER TO GET HELP, BUT ALL TO NO AVAIL. IT IS SO SAD AND I FEEL IT IS A ILLNESS. ANYMORE, I JUST SMILE SWEETLY WITH A BLANK STARE AND JUST HONESTLY DON'T BELIEVE ANYTHING THAT COMES OUT OF HER MOUTH :( "
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Reply #3 - 02/07/09  1:18pm
" yep, my ex soninlaw, za's Daddy. I sure hope you can inherit those genes. He just tells lies for the fun of it, make up shit. I don't think there is no hope for him. "
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Reply #4 - 02/07/09  1:28pm
" Is it impossible to make these people believe they have a problem and get help? "
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Reply #5 - 02/07/09  3:41pm
" my mother was that way. even a true story that started out an inch, she made a mile. "
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Reply #6 - 02/07/09  5:14pm
" first it was my older brother .. he believed in his lies before it even rolled off his tongue. Then my sister .. and she blames her religion that as long as she apologized to her god at night it's okay for her to lie as many times per day as she pleased.

I don't bother with either one of them because I'm tired of sifting thru what they say and look for the truth that 95% of the time ..the truth wasn't there. "
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Reply #7 - 02/07/09  5:17pm
" My ex. If she told me the sky was blue, I'd go outside and check. "
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Reply #8 - 02/07/09  5:19pm
" My ex son in law. I can't even start to tell the problem's he has caused and the heartache. One example is that he even had me believing he had cancer. He is so good that he has brainwashed his 2 children. For 18 years this man has destroyed my daughter life. Lately it has gotten so bad that I can't think, I can't eat. I just want this man out of our lives. He had worked and spun his lies until he has gotten his two children to come and live with him. Why because he doesn't want not to have to pay any child support he is behind 10 grand. I do the therapy, taken my daughter tried to except what life has throw in our face. It is so hard to turn the other cheek. Is it wrong to pray that this man would get cancer!!! "
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Reply #9 - 02/07/09  5:19pm
" My ex son in law. I can't even start to tell the problem's he has caused and the heartache. One example is that he even had me believing he had cancer. He is so good that he has brainwashed his 2 children. For 18 years this man has destroyed my daughter life. Lately it has gotten so bad that I can't think, I can't eat. I just want this man out of our lives. He had worked and spun his lies until he has gotten his two children to come and live with him. Why because he doesn't want to have to pay any child support he is behind 10 grand. I do the therapy, taken my daughter tried to except what life has throw in our face. It is so hard to turn the other cheek. Is it wrong to pray that this man would get cancer!!! "
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Reply #10 - 02/07/09  5:54pm
" Is it impossible to make these people realize they have a problem and get help?
Maybe in some cases, but certainly not in all cases. I think it might be important for the person who is the liar to first feel safe. That whatever ends up coming out isn't going to make anyone love them less, etc. Then, in my own opinion only, I think that person needs to seek out why it is they lie. I read once that there's not really very many truly "pathological" liars, i.e. people who lie just for the sake of lying. Often it is tied to a deeper psychological issue. Perhaps they had an abusive past and lying became a defense mechanism to hide from the truth of the abuse. Or if it was physical abuse maybe they learned to lie about things so the abuser would not be angry with them. There could be many various reasons why someone develops a habit of lying. If you focus on the lies you may only be focusing on a symptom instead of the bigger issue which is causing the lying. "

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