Liar Liar

read something very interesting in the course of my psychological research on Pathological Liars... Apparently, there's a difference between Compulsive and Pathological liars. Compulsive liars lie about everything as it has became a habit. Pathological liars are...erm..slightly better? Usually due to background of history of that person's life or medical condition. Know anyone like that? heh.

Checklist of Pathological Lying Symptoms:

Pathological lying is not a psychological disorder, and it has no documented list of symptoms. However, pathological liars share the following common behaviors, situations and illnesses.

Suffering from Mental Illness
A mental illness such as personality disorder, depression or bipolar disorder is a common pathological lying symptom.

Seeks Attention
Individuals who want to have center stage wherever they are may have to make up stories to capture people's interest. These types of people crave an audience and get a high off it, and this leads them to lie more.

Stories Are Unbelievable
Almost everyone over exaggerates stories sometimes, but a pathological liar does it most of the time. If you find yourself with your jaw falling every time he/she tells you a story, it's probably because it's not true.

Defensive When Questioned
When you approach the pathological liar about something said, he/she is insulted and denies the lie.

Nothing Ever Goes Wrong
A pathological liar may never admit that life is difficult. Instead, he/she will either only discuss the happy times or make up stories to replace unfortunate events.

Life Is Always Bad
Someone who is always suffering from a different illness or always a victim of something either has bad luck or is a pathological liar. Just as some pathological liars will lie about the good in their life, some will make up bad things that happen to them for the attention.

Increase Self-Esteem
People with low self-esteem are more likely to demonstrate pathological lying symptoms because they are trying to make themselves feel better about how they look, their accomplishments and what they have in life.

Liars Only Get So Far
Pathological liars are good at lying, but it will usually only get them so far. After a while, many people will begin to see through them and realize that they are not as trustworthy as they seemed. Until you get to this point of realization when dealing with a liar, listen warily and double check before acting on anything he/she says..