Lying is probably the most shared human behavior.
To appease a relationship, gain acceptance, or achieve a goal, we say things we don't really mean...if at all.
Nothing could be more normal, according to Anne-Marie Benoît, psychoanalyst.
Without these small arrangements with the truth, “life in society would be impossible, we have filters so that our interactions take place with the least possible aggressiveness”.
In addition to these lies delivered to others, there are also those that we tell ourselves, "to preserve a little or a lot of self-esteem, to make guilt bearable or to obtain gratifications", continues the specialist.
Only the posture is not without consequence.
Autopsy of five risky lies and their antidote.
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