Below are the best resources we could find on Compulsive Lying and narcissism.
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Lying is defined as the deliberate attempt to get someone to believe something you know is not true. There are 3 types of lying: normal lying, prolific lying and pathological lying.
By the age of three or four, we all start to lie. At this point in our brain’s development, we learn that we have an incredibly versatile and powerful tool at our disposal—our language—and we can use it to actually play with reality and affect the outcome of what’s happening.
This video answers the question: Why do narcissists lie? What are the types of lies we see with narcissism? How do the lies of narcissists compare with psychopaths and Machiavellians?
When gaslighters/narcissists are caught on video saying something that they swore they didn’t say, instead of a mea culpa, they go on the attack.
Pathological lying is the worst form of lying. In this video I talk about the different forms of lying that exist and I highlight the destructiveness of compulsive and pathological lying.
In this video, I discuss characteristics of pathological liars and the connection to personality disorders such as narcissism and sociopathy. I also broach the topic of vicarious trauma. It's important to understand how pathological liars interact with others.
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This video describes pathological lying. When we talk about the term pathological lying, we're talking about a set of symptoms that appears to be distinct, although there's controversy about that.
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