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  2. Pathological lying - Wikipedia

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    Curtis and Hart (2020) defined pathological lying as "a persistent, pervasive, and often compulsive pattern of excessive lying behavior that leads to clinically significant impairment of functioning in social, occupational, or other areas; causes marked distress; poses a risk to the self or others; and occurs for longer than 6 months" (p. 63).

  3. Why are some people pathological liars? Experts explain.

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    Pathological liars are often good story tellers and they sometimes believe their own lies, according to experts. Pathological liars are often good story tellers and they sometimes believe their ...

  4. Pathological lying subject of presentation

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    "That is one reason that pathological lying can often go unnoticed, is because it's not something that human beings naturally look for," Collier added. When people come in for therapy, Piper said ...

  5. Lie - Wikipedia

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    The fictional character Pinocchio is a common depiction of a liar. A lie is an assertion that is believed to be false, typically used with the purpose of deceiving or misleading someone. [1] [2] [3] The practice of communicating lies is called lying. A person who communicates a lie may be termed a liar.

  6. Manipulation (psychology) - Wikipedia

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    One way to minimize the chances of being lied to is to understand that some personality types (particularly psychopaths) are experts at lying and cheating, doing it frequently, and often in subtle ways. Lying by omission: This is a subtle form of lying by withholding a significant amount of the truth. This technique is also used in propaganda ...

  7. The real reason psychopaths are such good liars - AOL

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    It was previously assumed that people with antisocial personality disorder were natural-born liars — that something about the way their brains are wired made them inherently better at deceiving ...

  8. Kleptomania - Wikipedia

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    Some people have reported relief from depression or manic symptoms after theft. [ 26 ] It has been suggested that because kleptomania is linked to strong compulsive and impulsive qualities, it can be viewed as a variation of obsessive-compulsive spectrum disorders, together with pathological gambling , compulsive buying , pyromania , nailbiting ...

  9. 10 subtle signs you're a people-pleaser, according to a ... - AOL

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    Signs of people-pleasing Here are 10 signs you might be a people-pleaser. “No” is most difficult word in your vocabulary, and it makes you physically and mentally uncomfortable to say it.