life help: Why do people lie to protect their credibility? - Help.com

Ha you think I am that simple? If you took the time to appreciate the post, you would have understood that people lose credibility by continuing a useless lie. A better answer so simplistic would be they are stupid.

Perhaps I should ask how do they lose credibility?

Could you provide an example? Preferably a situation in which you are getting thrill…I think that sounds funny :P

Wow man, you have a real scoundrel attitude towards life. Although I have respect for that niche in society…I find it immoral to cheat on your girlfriend…unless she knows all about it…. Funny that you admitted to it X D If only we could get your girlfriend to read it…Aha ha ha.

Some people are sociopaths

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychopathy

Hey, your the one who said you’d get a thrill from it. Bah ha.

Hey sum, I’m the new anon in lectergirl’s last post. Shhhh don’t tell anyone.

umm people “strive to maintain a positive social identity”… and lying is just another way to achieve or maintain this…that’s what the textbook says.

People have insecurities and they lie to make themselves appear stronger and less vulnerable than (they believe) the truth ( would reveal them to be.

sociopath is the extreme, but even that is not rooted in evil or stupidity… even lying to your girlfriend and getting a thrill from her believing it is just an attempt to be in control of you surroundings…. guyzz

That’s a very factual statement Marin. I think I like you. :D

I dont think its always about strength of position. sometimes even though something happened more or less as fact, lieing about the events leading up to the situation paints the teller in a better light.. general example. ‘I drove the car around the corner and she hit with her car” general truth.. whats being omitted or even lied about. “I pulled around the corner doing 60 in a 45 and didnt use my blinker. suddenly blame becomes questionable. its not “all one persons fault>

I think this would serve as an example of the question you are asking.

“noone wants to know the whole truth, just the juicy parts”_anonymous.

I perosnally would admit to it in the first place - if I make desicions I like to stand by them. Or at the very least fess up when i’ve been caught! But a lot of people don’t do it this way.

I think its because everyone knows the rule when it comes to lying - deny deny deny. Deny till you die, baby. Or you have to at least try to keep the lie going. Because people can SUSPECT that you’re lying, they can even call you out and hope you fess up. But they don’t actually KNOW - its all specualtion. So if you’ve gone this far with the lie, you have to at least TRY to keep it going until someone can prove you wrong.

I used to be this way - there was too much hassle involved so I switched to honesty. It really throws people off! Ha ha oh people…

A deeper reason? I dont know if there always is one. Some may lie to protect anothers intrest, one may lie to protect their own, some lie as a compulsive reaction.

Motivations are sooo last century. Its all about reacting now.