Published on 12, July, 2020
Hello everyone I have often heard and seen portrayed on films and T.V that autistic people find it impossible to lie which is funny to me because I’m autistic and I lie quite often only little one’s usually to get out of something I’m not comfortable with but I do often.
Is there any fellow autistics that can lie or do you find it impossible?
I can lie but I don't like it. Usually, it's caused by anxiety or when I really want to get out of something (which I think it's anxiety again). I prefer to be honest, it just feels better for me and I often do it in situations when it would be better for me to make something up. By no means I am a master of lies or anything like that, but I definitely can lie. Also, I think I should mention that in my family lies and secrets were present on a daily basis. So, growing up, I could observe all these overly complicated situations caused by lies and made up stories. When I was a kid I would do it too, cause it was something I've learnt. All this caused me to resent telling lies, but it made me understand it pretty well too.
Yes lying always gives me anxiety afterwards definitely.
Okay, I just gave it a little more thought and although I do feel bad when lying that's not always the case. I feel bad when lying about an important matter or when telling lies to people I care about or even just strangers I like for some reasons. But there are individuals I can lie to without feeling guilty (people I don't like). When I know for sure that my lie doesn't hurt anyone, and is just for my own peace I don't really dwell on that. There are also lies based on a wordplay, which always seemed to be more of a joke than a real lie.
Yes I plan out in my head exactly what I’m going to say in myself lie.
Ohhh yeah that too. This is why if I want to tell a lie I really work on it, so it will not come back to me. It's almost always about something small, but I spend an enormous amount of time to make sure everything's gonna be fine.
Yes I’m just like that except I feel paranoid about lying coming back to me