I am not a psychiatrist...but have an opinion on this letter I just read from LS. She obviously has a problem. It has been determined that it is not insanity, so I would assume she is a pathological liar.
So I looked up the definition. Yep, sounds about right. This explains most....and evil explains the rest.
Defining characteristics of pathological lying include
So I looked up the definition. Yep, sounds about right. This explains most....and evil explains the rest.
Defining characteristics of pathological lying include
- An internal motive for the behavior cannot be discerned clinically: e.g., long-lasting extortion or habitual spousal battery might cause a person to lie repeatedly, without the lying being a pathological symptom.
- The stories told tend toward presenting the liar favorably. The liar "decorates their own person" by telling stories that present them as the hero or the victim. For example, the person might be presented as being fantastically brave, as knowing or being related to many famous people, or as having great power, position, or wealth.