Would the lies of a passive-aggressive person be considered as pathological, compulsive, or both?

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Here are the definitions (though they aren't clinical):

A pathological liar is usually defined as someone who lies incessantly to get their way and does so with little awareness. Pathological lying is often viewed as coping mechanism developed in early childhood and it is often associated with some other type of mental health disorder. A pathological liar is often goal-oriented (i.e., focused - tells lies to get his/her way). Pathological liars have little regard or respect for the rights and feelings of others. A pathological liar often comes across as being manipulative and cunning. 

A compulsive (also called habitual or chronic) liar is defined as someone who lies out of habit. Lying is their normal and reflexive way of responding to questions. Compulsive liars bend the truth about everything, large and small. For a compulsive liar, telling the truth is very awkward and uncomfortable, while lying feels right. Compulsive lying is usually thought to develop in early childhood, due to being placed in an environment where lying was necessary and routine. For the most part, compulsive liars are not overly manipulative and cunning, rather they simply lie out of habit - an automatic response that is hard to break and one that takes its toll on a relationship

bob h · Accepted Answer

Short answer either. Lying is not a symptom of passive aggression. Therefore, the majority of the type of lying depends on the individual.
   If you are talking about psychoses or one of the major personality disorders, then the answer would be pathological because  that is an essential symptom of the disease.
   By the way, everybody has some of each. We are all in denial about some aspect of ourselves (pathological) and few of us would walk up to someone and tell them they are ugly (an automatic choice for most of us, thus compulsive). In other words, it is all a matter of degree and not either/or.
Did I complicate the answer enough?

kurucz · Answer

I stay with a passive aggressive... and what a experience it extremely is been... its unhappy that emotional abuse is so overlook approximately... i think its considering you are able to no longer see it... there are no actual scars that others can see or sense. i could extremely be knocked out chilly, extremely than undergo the amazing rigidity utilized by way of a passive aggressive in an afternoon. you're continually placed down and made to sense decrease than dirt. they're continually threatened by way of each thing and all people around you and themselves. You serve a life sentence without committing against the regulation...you prefer to renowned what Hell is like? i know!

Debra D · Answer

Passive-aggressive people that I have known seem to be more focused on telling the truth and being accurate than on lying. Passive-aggressives are incapable or unwilling to confront you directly about a complaint or concern. They vent their anger and frustration about you to others to get it out of their systems without having to face the person that would be able to challenge their rants and raves. Thus, they have no reason to lie because the people they are venting to don't know anything about the situation.  It's not about truth to these people, it's about fear of confrontation. They are cowards, perhaps, but not necessarily liars.

adrian_biccum · Answer

I think of a passive-aggressive person to be manipulative and so, maybe both.

Spirita · Answer

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Would the lies of a passive-aggressive person be considered as pathological, compulsive, or both?

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