Could compulsive lying be a side effect of high anxiety?!


Question: Could compulsive lying be a side effect of high anxiety?
My friend is in a large amount of trouble with our school because she had been telling me for months that her teachers have been saying rude comments about me to her. Well this had distressed me a lot, and my mother wanted to write a letter to the principal telling him what was going on. Well I have a somewhat close relationship to my vice principal, and I was shocked when my friend told me that she ALSO had made some kind of comments against me.
My mother sent a very rude letter to the Principal, and the vice principal.
They called my friend into the office the next day and she completely DENIED that she had ever said she told me that, that she didn't know about the e-mail (which i read it to her), and that she had never even met the vice principal.
I confronted my friend, asking why she lied and she looked me in the eyes and said that she told them the truth, that they HAD said those comments. I told her I know for a fact that she had denied it but she stuck to her side. Usually when someone lies, their pupils dialate, hers didn't. And she's my best friend.... why would she throw me under the bus?

I know she has anxiety, but I was wondering if compulsive lying could be a side effect of high anxiety?
Is there a special disorder for this? or anything? I already talked to her about going to a phycologist and talking with her parents about it. Help would be thankful!

Answers:

Yes, it had to be a side effect of anxiety. Not too strong to admit anything, being taken over by fear.



yes anxiety, anxiey disorder, bipolar , depression and compulsive issues such as cod and more, they are all related/connected to each other.



Yes, there is a word for it. It's called lying. I hate the buzz word "disorder" but it is a problem with some people. I think it's weird if she's your best friend tho you never noticed it before and all of a sudden she's doing it. A lot of times people stir up a nest because they are bored with their own lives. Sometimes they are jut people who live in a fantasy world. Sometimes they are jealous of someone so they make up crap. Forget that body language crap about pupils dialating. That's not even true.




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