Is lying a mental sickness ?

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Since I may be our only resident shrink, the technical answer is no. Everyone lies to an extent, however compulsive lying is a description of a characteristic in personality. It can be impulsive or controlled in order to achieve a result including attention, self-protection, etc.

It is not a DSM V diagnosis but is a specifier for diagnoses including conduct disorder in children and anti-personality disorder in adults.

example: Go Nova, OU and Carolina! I win millions if any of them win the tourney!

That was a lie.

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Since I may be our only resident shrink, the technical answer is no. Everyone lies to an extent, however compulsive lying is a description of a characteristic in personality. It can be impulsive or controlled in order to achieve a result including attention, self-protection, etc.

It is not a DSM V diagnosis but is a specifier for diagnoses including conduct disorder in children and anti-personality disorder in adults.

example: Go Nova, OU and Carolina! I win millions if any of them win the tourney!

That was a lie.

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What about a person that constantly calls someone a liar no matter what?
 

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He only does it to piss people off, I don't think it's a real life thing.

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But it has really worn out its welcome a long time ago. Your forum, boss. You want to continue to let this asshole post his garbage and his lies--nothing any of us can do about it but ignore it.
On a scale of 1-10 on jag offs that have polluted the general forum with their shit, this douchebag scores a 5 or a 6. But when he is currently the only one, its a bit magnified and irritates many of us more than it should...
 

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this.
But it has really worn out its welcome a long time ago. Your forum, boss. You want to continue to let this asshole post his garbage and his lies--nothing any of us can do about it but ignore it.
On a scale of 1-10 on jag offs that have polluted the general forum with their shit, this douchebag scores a 5 or a 6. But when he is currently the only one, its a bit magnified and irritates many of us more than it should...

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Since I may be our only resident shrink, the technical answer is no. Everyone lies to an extent, however compulsive lying is a description of a characteristic in personality. It can be impulsive or controlled in order to achieve a result including attention, self-protection, etc.

It is not a DSM V diagnosis but is a specifier for diagnoses including conduct disorder in children and anti-personality disorder in adults.

example: Go Nova, OU and Carolina! I win millions if any of them win the tourney!

That was a lie.

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What say you about gambling Doc?
 

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What proof? Where is it? Link please.
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What say you about gambling Doc?

Depends. As long as it's fun, which means you never bet more than you can afford to lose and don't do it everyday, no problem. Lesson learned from experience by the way.

All bets for me tonight are to win 50 at most. Multiply that by 5 or 10 and that creates way too much stress (at least for me).

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