I feel like i am an impulsive liar..... i sometimes lie for no reason at all. I lie when it would be easier to tell the truth and when if i tell the truth nothing bad is going to happen to me. it is just like i have to make everything different than it is. someone told me this was called "impulsive lieing" but i can't find anything on the internet about that? is it called something else?
am I the only one who does this? :( I don't want to but i don't know how to stop.
Schizotypic answered Saturday November 7 2009, 9:59 pm: I can relate:
I used to exaggerate the holly hell out of my life to every person I met sophomore year of high school. Something just told me I wasn't good enough unless I exaggerated, but at the time I would have never guessed that was behind it. Also, once I started exaggerating so much, I felt I had to keep up the act. It came to a point where all I wanted to do was tell the truth but I was so scared of what people would think.
Here's my answer:
Sometimes it's hard to put this in perspective, but just start telling the truth despite the social consequences! You'll have a huge release once you feel it's all out there on the table- and then the worst of it will be over. Just keep away from the temptation from that point on, which will most likely be much easier once all the initial bulecrap is out of the way.
Also, remember you have just as much value as a person as anybody does. We are all equals on this earth. If your friends won't accept you for who you are then it is their loss, not yours. Just trust me, it really is there loss- no matter what.
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