Telling lies for no reason

nails1

I've recently noticed that I lie for no reason whatsoever. I lie about small things like weekend plans, what I had for dinner/lunch, what I watched on TV. For example, in work yesterday I told my colleague that I got the train to work when I actually got the bus. I felt it was impossible to tell her the truth. Sometimes I convince myself my the lies are the truth. Could this be a bipolar thing as I also have periods of the opposite where In convinced people think I am lying when I'm actually telling the truth?

HomelessMidge

nails1 wrote: »

Could this be a bipolar thing as I also have periods of the opposite where In convinced people think I am lying when I'm actually telling the truth?

Or else you lie so much nobody believes anything you have to say?

Have met a couple people like you in my life. Some funny ones and then some who are plain dangerous. I'd seek help if I were you.

Yellowblackbird

HomelessMidge wrote: »

Or else you lie so much nobody believes anything you have to say?

Have met a couple people like you in my life. Some funny ones and then some who are plain dangerous. I'd seek help if I were you.

You're assuming the original post is true and fact based.
It could be a complete fabrication in which case your advice is worthless.... I think.

brummytom

I've always wondered about the mindset of compulsive liars. I'd always assumed they were just bullshìtters trying to make themselves sound interesting.

I don't know whether the possibility they've got no control over the nonsense that comes out of their mouth is a comfort or a worry.

JonEBGud

You're just telling people what they expect to hear.
If you tell them your normal Hum Drum they won't want to listen.
Small tales are expected to make conversation interesting.
Keep them going.

HomelessMidge

Yellowblackbird wrote: »

You're assuming the original post is true and fact based.
It could be a complete fabrication in which case your advice is worthless.... I think.

If Its a fabrication then he is still a compulsive liar and should still get some help so don't see how the advice is wasted. Also, I don't actually care.

Capt'n Midnight

Have you thought about a career in politics or marketing ?

Greenmachine

Capt'n Midnight wrote: »

Have you thought about a career in politics or marketing ?

Or professional gambling. Maybe you could make money at the poker tables.

gg2

I have a friend who does this and I think its hilarious! Then she catches herself out in the lie, its blooming ridicules

The Backwards Man

Me and Tom Cruise were just talking about this the other day. Weird.

AnonoBoy

"Sir Mix-a-lot likes big butts and cannot lie. His twin brother does not like big butts and cannot tell the truth. You may ask one question."

yes there

I lie alot when I want to spend time by myself, particularly at wknds when I dont want to go out. I find when you say you dont want to go out you get pestered until you say you will. Wee white lies such as giving people confidence aswell when its not really warranted but im not going to tell someone they can drive if they cant so its harmless really.

Maximus Alexander

I don't believe you OP.

Frosty McSnowballs

Lies make baby Jesus cry. That's why I tell so many of them.

JeffKenna

I am probably the best lover in Ireland.

FACT

Tail Docker

The Backwards Man wrote: »

Me and Tom Cruise were just talking about this the other day. Weird.

I know, he said it was very hard to believe you.

I know a few compulsive flyers, now they're an awful bunch, scanning the Ryanair website for cheap deals, here one minute, gone the next, it is hard to keep up with them.

thelad95

nails1 wrote: »

I've recently noticed that I lie for no reason whatsoever. I lie about small things like weekend plans, what I had for dinner/lunch, what I watched on TV. For example, in work yesterday I told my colleague that I got the train to work when I actually got the bus. I felt it was impossible to tell her the truth. Sometimes I convince myself my the lies are the truth. Could this be a bipolar thing as I also have periods of the opposite where In convinced people think I am lying when I'm actually telling the truth?

Proabably hints at insecurity as you don't people will find the truth interesting enough. I'm a culprit of doing it myself a lot of the time.

Jesus Wept

It might be time for you to google bi-polar.

Licencetokill

I went to college with a chap who couldnt tell the truth at all, he would lie about
Big things and small things. One day he didn't come to college because his mother died
I seen his sister in town and gave my sympathy to her very much alive mother. That's only
One of the whoppers he told us apparently he had his own car and house and was out
With a different woman everynight. He even said he was 21 when he was only
18. He nearly cried when he got found out.

pablo128

I've met a a few compulsive liars in my time.
I can honestly say they are their own worst enemy.

Zed Bank

A relative of mine is like this. The irrationality of compulsive lying astounds me. Even when presented with overwhelming evidence, they still believe their own bull****.

WoollyRedHat

I knew someone to tell some of the most outlandish lies, like one time how they foisted themselves back into a rollercoaster with sheer body strength when the barrier had become loose and started slipping.

I also know of somebody who tries to convince people they're studying or living in a particular place, when it's actually absolute nonsense. There's one thing taking the piss and messing to try and wind people up, but it's another thing entirely to try keep up the lie when it is blatantly not true.

Adamantium

In school, me and this other lad had this simmering hate. He was such a bull****er telling is that he spent spent the entirety of the Xmas break riding quads across the vast Australian Outback (he was on family holiday there in reality)

His uncle used to work for Dublin Corporation and this 12 year old would threaten us that he could "knock down our house" with simple request.

"But Brian we live in Leitrim"

Lou.m

I know a few compulsive truth tellers.

I rarely lie. But I do lie. Rare though.


I have known maybe 4 pretty bad liars in my time. They all had serious mental issues besides lying though. I think i may be dealing with one now. You never should get close to these people put as much distance between you and them as you can.


What is strange is the complete bizarreness of some of the lies and the pointlessness of them.

But you never want to get to close to them.

Santa Cruz

It reminds me of the one about the two lies most commonly told.
"the cheque is in the post"
"of course I won't come in your mouth"

Thargor

I do this all the time, my whole worklife is just a web of lies, I often laugh about the interview I did to get this job, everything I said in there was basically a lie from my degree results to my work experience to my personal interests.