I don't think lies originate from fear, I honestly think they are the result of ego.
I know people say lies are told due to an underlying fear of the consequences of telling the truth, and in some situations I am sure that is the case, but I think the biggest fear most people have is the fear of being found out. Not people finding out the truth behind their lie, so much as finding out the truth behind them.
So many people lie about who or what that are, calling yourself something doesn't make you it, if it did everyone would be a lovely person... they all tell you how they are so wonderful after all!
Most of the lies told have no underlying fear, they are told purely to boast the perpetrators ego, to perpetuate their fake persona.
I have lived with multiple liars (the deceitful kind) and I have absolutely no time for them. None of them had anything to fear by telling the truth, but their facade would never break and they would plead innocence till the cows came home. They didn't care who they hurt with their lies, who ended up taking the blame, all they cared for is themselves... their ego.
The worst lies told are those sprinkled with truth as they are the hardest to detect, so you are easily deceived by them.
I'm not saying there is anything wrong with lying, it is deceit that I truly abhor. I've lied to take the "bullet" for people on many an occasion and I don't see anything wrong in that kind of lie, but letting someone, pleading their innocence, take the fall for you is a completely different matter.
The most common lie told... "Yes I'm fine"
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