Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. When dealing with people, it’s important to tell the difference between an occasional fib and a chronic habit of falsehood.

Spotting someone who lies pathologically can be tricky, especially when it's someone close or a romantic partner. The consequences of living with a compulsive liar deeply affect trust and emotional ...

Even though the term pathological liar gets bandied about in everyday conversation, the actual phenomenon affects only a minority of people. Pathological lying has been noted as a psychological ...

All pathological liars have a purpose, i.e., to decorate their own person, to tell something interesting, and an ego motive is always present. They all lie about something they wish to possess or be ...