Why does my friend exaggerate?

[Davespecifico]

She will use words like ‘traumatised’ in place of upset. She will tell you one week she’s recently lost a stone and another week tell you she’s lost 2.
Today she told me her house was worth 4 to 5k more than it actually is. I normally let her hyperbole wash over me but this one was a bit much.
I don’t think she’s a liar as such. It seems like, in her haste to create an effect, exaggerations just fall out of her mouth.
I’d love to know what’s going on in her brain when she does this? Any thoughts?

She’s insecure

That’s true oh lucky me, she is insecure.

I find it insulting that people think you will believe their make believe stories and lies.

Ditch her

Mistake in my original post: she claims that her house is worth 4 to 5 hundred Thousand more than it is worth.

Your first post was a fair assumption of the situation.

I was about to say 4-5 thiusand being called a but much was a ridiculous place to draw tge line

I wonder why she doesn’t feel uncomfortable with herself for talking like this. If I’d just told someone my house was worth 4 times what it is, I’d feel a bit odd about myself.
Maybe I need to get with the age of alternative truths?

Oh, your update about the price makes sense. I thought, what do you care or how would you know if it’s 4K difference?

If she’s making up outlandish lies like that AND she lies about small things that don’t matter at all then you should run. She’s a pathological liar and it won’t get better. It’s a matter of time until she starts competing with you to make herself feel better. Then she will Wendy you out of you own life. Get rid.