As a result, pathological liars can seem aloof or self-centered, with little concern for others. They sometimes come to believe their stories so completely that at some point they lose awareness of the fact that they are lying. They really believe it: The old adage "if you tell a lie often enough, you start to believe it" holds true for pathological liars.Seeking sympathy, they are always the hopelessly suffering victims of outrageous circumstances.
Seeking adulation, they are always heroes or heroines, never villains or antagonists.
And, present themselves in front of you in a manner that is appealing to you. Having an incredible mind-reading skill, psychopaths hardly take time to understand your personality and psychology. If they want to impress you they will leave no stone unturned to prove themselves as genuine and trustworthy individuals. They have mastered the art of lying, which is an essential skill to manipulate and deceive the victim. They are quite different from ordinary people because they tend to lie for no apparent reason. However, psychopaths are habitual liars because they are driven by the mission to manipulate others for pleasure and personal gain. We all lie to have some extra fun, protect ourselves from the wrath of parents and teachers or to avoid hurting your best friends’ feelings or avoid shame because of your silly mistakes. Lying to your parents about excess consumption of ice-creams, chocolates or lying to your teachers for bunking classes or hiding about your occasional alcohol consumption from your spouse – is definitely not wrong. Pathological lying is usually hidden by certain assumptions – that can be called outright dangerous – and have also been proved by research. Do you know that pathological lying and psychopathy are one and the same thing? While lying has been assumed to be universal and typical in humans and not so harmful, pathological lying is the chronic behaviour of compulsive or habitual lying.