Lying like Pinocchio?

We all have told a little lie to protect a friend or family member. We all know that we shouldn’t tell lies, however sometimes we think it’s the only option we have. Even though, we may not grow a super lo ng nose like Pinocchio, lying can have some serious impact on your stress levels and your brain.

So with all the fuss about lying and how many problems it can cause, why do we do it? Because the only problem with telling the whole truth and nothing but the truth is actually telling the truth. We don’t want to hurt that one person’s feeling or say that we were studying all night when you never really touched that book.

There are many other reasons why we lie even though we know it’s not good. For example, we lie mostly to get ourselves out of awkward situations. We all know that feeling of “I really don’t want to be here, so I’m going to tell a small fib so I can get out of it”. This can lead to you telling more and more lies as you get older though because you were so good at the first one, what makes you think you can’t do it again so you keep going.

Stress is caused from lying even though you don’t see it short term, it will come back and get you in the long term because you have to put effort into what you are saying and make sure it sounds believable. You also have to be sure that the lie isn’t going to get out because if it does then you have a lot more explaining to do than just what happen, but also why you didn’t want to share.  

So I guess the point of this whole blog post is to say suck it up and try telling the truth even though it might not end up very good for you in the short term, at least it won’t come bite you in the long term.