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I really got into this thing about how “I can’t lie” too. I rarely do – except joking lies that won’t matter if I screw them up. I have had really bad humiliation occasionally because of my poor lying skills. Still – I have a job where there is a lot of confidentiality, and you have to remember who is allowed to know what – which is kind of along the same lines as remembering who you told which lie to… I love my job, but there are really bad consequences of screwing up with confidentiality. Sometimes I think this is what could lose me the job if I don’t watch out. Still – I can’t give up, because there is a crisis, problem solving part of the job that is so perfect for me. So, I’m not going to say “I can’t” to anything. I keep trying to figure out what I did on the days when I forgot really important stuff – and usually I can point to how I had stopped using my tricks and systems, and didn’t take good care of myself, like staying up late, eating terrible food, etc. Then it helps my see why I need to stay on top of that stuff if I want to keep progressing.
Maybe if it’s really important to be able to lie – like in negotiating situations and such – you could practice with non-eventful lies. That way if you mess them up, you’ll just get a laugh out of it. Also, you could test out what is going on when you are less or more able to pull them off. Plus- to build confidence – see that you can pull it off to some extent…
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