I started lying as a child as well, although I don't really have any emotional or physical abuse to blame for why. I've always enjoyed telling "stories" to either entertain someone else, or make myself seem more interesting. My partner is aware that I lie and he has met that with knowing and understanding and will periodically ask me if what I'm telling him is the truth, he always forgives me. My lying in my personal life is better I don't do it as frequently it is the lying in my professional life that I find troublesome. I'm a lawyer, and while I know that many think the profession is all about lying it really isn't, it is a profession that should demand honesty. I recently told a lie to get my way in court, and to just tell a good story, and that lie has seemed to have an affect on others as well as it might affect my professional life if I'm caught in it. I really don't want others to be affected but I also don't want to get into professional trouble, so I'm hoping the whole thing will blow over and be chauked up to rumor. It gave me a wakeup call though moving forward I need to stop lying and I don't know why the hell I do it, to make the boring seem more interesting I suppose. It is hard when you have lived a life of lies you have built up, to then change that behavior, but I want to change and I'm taking it one step at a time starting from today. Good luck to you.