10 FAQs About Pathological Liars
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Are Pathological Liars Psychopaths?
A psychopath is defined as someone who presents with violent or otherwise abnormal social tendencies. Psychopaths typically form shallow relationships and look at people as pawns to use.3Haley, LaDonna. ‘Home.’ Mental Health America of Eastern Missouri, www.mha-em.org/im-looking-for/mental-health-knowledge-base/conditions/127-psychopathy-vs-sociopathy
Psychopaths commonly present as pathological liars. However, this doesn't mean all pathological liars are psychopaths.4Verschuere, Bruno, and Willem In T Hout. ‘Psychopathic Traits and Their Relationship with the Cognitive Costs and Compulsive Nature of Lying in Offenders.’ PloS One, Public Library of Science, 8 July 2016, www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4938600/ Instead, psychopaths may use pathological lying to manipulate those around them. When these two issues are comorbid, pathological lying is generally seen as a symptom that someone is a psychopath.
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