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My Struggle with Compulsive Lying

2014

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In this video I take a risk and tell you all that I'm a compulsive liar. Getting this description out on the internet is not only helpful to me, but there are almost no personal stories of people who are compulsive liars on the internet-unlike, say, anxiety or depression. See more...

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