I thought this article, about liars, was interesting and pertinent

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lcakethereforeIam · 13/11/2026 10:57

https://archive.ph/6QYCg

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/health-fitness/wellbeing/stress/warning-signs-compulsive-liar/

I recognise all of this from posters on this board. Particularly the transwidow threads and the evidence given under oath(!) in some of the court cases.

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Ereshkigalangcleg · 13/11/2026 11:20

I was a compulsive liar as a small child. I was a bright, understimulated child and I grew out of it by the age of about 10. I was very convincing!

Ereshkigalangcleg · 13/11/2026 11:22

I’ve also known (not closely but close enough) a narcissistic fantasist who has been to prison for conning people with fanciful lies and using it to rob them.

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lcakethereforeIam · 13/11/2026 11:38

It's fascinating how people who've fallen for a liar, often suffering significant financial and emotional harm, who will still stand up for them.

This happened recently

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ckd6d2l3dz4xo

and yet the Beeb quote at least one young man, who witnessed all of it, but still believes the pastor is a good man. Perhaps he's protecting himself from the guilt of what he may have participated in.

A close shot of a bald man staring at the camera. Two other men can be seen behind him

Shakahola cult leader Paul Mackenzie guilty of 191 murder charges in Kenya

Self-proclaimed pastor Paul Mackenzie was found guilty of 191 murder charges - all but one of them children.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ckd6d2l3dz4xo

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Veilsofmorning · 13/11/2026 12:06

lcakethereforeIam · 13/11/2026 10:57

https://archive.ph/6QYCg

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/health-fitness/wellbeing/stress/warning-signs-compulsive-liar/

I recognise all of this from posters on this board. Particularly the transwidow threads and the evidence given under oath(!) in some of the court cases.

Yes, @lcakethereforeIam - I read this with the same sense of recognition.

Igmum · 13/11/2026 12:43

I too used to lie as a child and yes it came from insecurity and not feeling good enough. I still remember how, in my early 20s, in a status-concious industry known for bullshit, a boss confessed in a meeting that he didn’t know what was meant by a phrase commonly used. Turns out none of the rest of us did either. We found out and it was very useful. Ever since I have tried to mirror this honesty. It is very powerful and makes me feel very secure.

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