Psychologist Marilene Kehdi explained about the signs of a compulsive liar, how to identify and treat
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Lying from time to time is part of human behavior, the problem lies in doing it compulsively, inventing from small harmless lies to outlandish stories.
Mythomania is the uncontrollable desire to lie about any situation and is considered a pathology.
the psychologist Marilene Kehdi explained about the signs of a compulsive liar, how to identify and treat.
“Lying from time to time is part of human behavior, even to protect yourself, to assert yourself, when a person doesn’t accept himself, doesn’t accept his condition of life, he tends to tell a story, create a parallel reality. These lies that are told from time to time are known as social lies, the person is lying socially for some reason, the causes of the lies include low self-esteem, self-assertion, insecurity, some kind of trauma, anxiety, fear, anguish, unhappiness, fear of tell the truth, be criticized or judged for a certain attitude, or for not feeling able to deal with the situation in which they are involved and prefer to lie, or even not to embarrass someone else.”said the specialist in clinical care.
Dr. Marilene continued: “Lieing is a learned behavior, for example: if an individual was born in a home where there was a lot of lying, the chances of the person reproducing this behavior are very high, it is customary to tell more lies in childhood and also in adolescence, it is It is important to correct children and adolescents, always saying: ‘Don’t lie, you don’t have to lie, here at home everyone speaks the truth, always tell the truth’. don’t lie, the motivation of the lie is in the benefit that is generated by it, the person is not doing well professionally, but it doesn’t mean that. self-protection.”.
“The problem is when the person lies compulsively, has no control over lies, lies naturally for anything simple, it can be long or short lies, more elaborate, fanciful… compulsive lying is a disease called mythomania, which is pathological lying, the causes of mythomania are not fully clarified, but it involves several psychosocial factors and also the causes of lies, which is the issue of low self-esteem, an attempt to protect oneself, the desire to be accepted in one’s environment and this marks the beginning of mythomania , the person starts lying because of it.”, explained.
The expert continued: “Pathological lying can be an isolated disorder or is associated with other psychiatric disorders, among them, some personality disorders, such as borderline antisocial, narcissistic and there are also psychopaths who lie a lot, they don’t feel the slightest guilt about lying. be careful with lies because they can harm, cause serious consequences in the lives of those who lie or the other, there is the issue of the person who lies and other people gradually discover the lies and move away from these people, in mythomania the person who mind is aware that they are lying, in myth mania, for example, but cannot stop, lies for psychological reasons of an uncontrollable urge to lie, the signs of mythomania (pathological lying) is the absence of guilt or fear of being caught in the lies, bout of happiness or sadness in the stories told, in the lies told she is a victim or hero within the story, has very elab answers prayed to simple questions, there are several versions of the same story, the tenor of the lies in mythomania are fanciful and extreme, lies because you can’t stop, usually you don’t have a motive or purpose.”.
About treatment, Dr. Marilene explained: “There is treatment and there is a cure, as long as the person recognizes that he is lying and needs help to stop lying, people who have mythomania hardly recognize that they have this disorder, and, therefore, they do not seek help because psychotherapy is necessary, if necessary. when there are other disorders involved, seek psychiatric treatment, you need to be treated. When parents realize that the child or adolescent lies a lot, even calling attention and warning, they continue to lie, it is necessary to seek specialized help, a psychologist and, if necessary, also a psychiatrist .”.
“Sometimes the compulsion to lie can be associated with another type of compulsion, for example: for food, shopping, she lies saying she didn’t buy it, she didn’t eat that way, the person who drinks a lot of alcohol will end up lying to try to deny the fact that she drank and this becomes a habit, aggravating the picture she already has of lying.”finished.
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