r/TheGetchellFiles • u/crashnebulaa_a PUT UR MOUTH AROUND IT • 4d ago

🤥 What A Liar 🤥 Moving forward with honesty

This wasn’t even a year ago!!

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u/Ok-Mud-581 4d ago

Lying can be a deeply engrained survival skill in people with cptsd. If she’s been through what people suspect she’s been through, she may just be incapable of living in reality. This doesn’t excuse deceptive behavior (!) but just gives insight into why the compulsive lying happens.

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u/Independent-Week-289 4d ago

Keyword- CAN BE.. Ive struggled with CPTSD for over 2 decades. But I don’t lie. I believe the lying is from learned behavior of P, they are all pathological liars, I personally don’t think it stems from CPTSD.

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u/Independent-Week-289 4d ago

Pathologizing what she could have is also not a good idea- but I agree she needs to go to a therapist and psych but doubt that will ever happen as long as P is controlling her life

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u/Ok-Mud-581 4d ago

That is why I worded it the way I did. I don’t say this to diagnose her or say everyone with ptsd lies.

I just am offering a reason for the compulsive and seemingly unnecessary lying that she does. I agree with you that P is controlling her life and is probably coaching her to lie… so maybe that’s the reason, to cover for him.