Human beings lie during their day-to-day lives. That’s not shocking. However, an estimated 8 to 13% of the population take telling lies to an altogether different level. It’s not that they tell lies 24/7, but the nature of their lies makes them interesting. While others tell lies to defend themselves from facing untoward consequences, these people craft lofty lies to present themselves in good light or as victims. Their ultimate aim is to get attention, extra care, or VIP treatment. These people suffer from pathological lying. The official name of this pathology - Pseudologia Fantastica - is more justified. The lies told by pathological liars are indeed fantasized in nature. And this is precisely the reason why their lies are easy to catch.

So to summarise, there are three primary features that pathological liars display-

● These people tell lies, not just in moments of stress. Their lies (or imaginative storytelling, as Psychology Today puts it) are ongoing, and these lies act as a kind of drug for them.
● Secondly, their lies are too dramatized.
● And lastly, the motive of pathological liars is to show themselves in a positive light.

But how do you, as a non-psychologist, identify pathological liars? These people tend to have certain characteristics that will help you identify them as pathological liars. Come, let’s talk about these identifiers.

But before we proceed, let us remind you that pathological lying is a mental illness that needs treatment. The condition is bad, of course, but please don’t ostracise a pathological liar. In this video, we have taken special care not to identify these people in terms of normal versus abnormal.
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