Question:
Dear Dr. Heller,
My name is Tom, I have recently come to a point of reviewing
myself. I realize I may be a compulsive liar. I tend to
tell a situation that really happened to me but I pretty
much push all my
faults & responsibility on to others. By doing this I begin
to lie about things, things like I'm always right I did this
and that where I did everything opposite. For example, Just
recently I got fired from my job & I guess it was due to my
loss of control over my temper. So in my termination
letter, said I was terminated due to failure to meet
requirements and failure to improve my performance. But
when my family & friends ask me, I go on telling them I was
fired because of my work ethics, I went on & said I was
being too nice of a guy & my place didn't like that but the
truth is I'm just a total Jerk to my patients. Honestly, I
never liked working at the place I was at. I had so much
stress & that built up to anger & hate towards my job.
Well how can I stop this compulsive lying disorder? I'm so
need in help. please help..
Hopeless Tom
Dr. Heller's Answer:
Sometimes anxiety disorders, particularly with ADHD, can
cause lying. Compulsive lying may be a sign of OCD. I'd
recommend going over the screening test at
http://www.BiologicalUnhappiness.com/screen.htm
and get any
diagnoses treated.
It’s obvious your self esteem is in bad shape, and needs
help. Counseling is a good idea. I'd also highly recommend
listening to Zig Ziglar's "How to Stay Motivated" tape
series.
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