Assertion: pathological liar | /r/CapableOf | believe lie
Facets:
value: to the extent
type: OTHER
value: as soon as it comes
type: MANNER
value: completely
type: DEGREE
Source sentences:
text: Pathological liars, or people suffering from pseudologia phantastica, are at the center of a lot of arguments in psychological circles, the most pressing of which is this: do pathological liars actually believe the lies they construct, or are they aware of their falsehoods?
text: Some pathological liars believe their lies; living in a fantasy world that they’ve constructed.
text: He/she believes in the lies completely.
text: Pathological liars cannot tell that they are lying; they actually believe the lie as soon as it comes out of their mouth.
text: Some pathological liars are "functionally delusional," Carroll says, meaning they actually believe their own lies and can even pass a lie detector test.
text: A pathological liar believes the lies they tell and may not be rooted in reality.
text: Dr. Charles Dike, writing on the controversy in the Psychiatric Times, explains that pathological liars may "believe their lies to the extent that the belief may be delusional," leading to its alternate name as "wish psychosis;" but he also notes that research has shown that challenging pathological liars repeatedly can in fact get them to admit that their lies are fabrications, which shows that, on some level, they may be well aware of what they're doing.