Why do sociopaths lie about illness? Let’s uncover the twisted truth behind their subtle moves to deceive, leaving victims in their wake.
Are you stuck in a relationship with a sociopath? Sociopaths are often difficult to let go of because they falsely claim to be terminally ill to keep you trapped. Let’s take a deeper look at the saga of sociopathy.
Sociopaths lie about everything…
Sociopaths are skilled at weaving intricate and elaborate lies, all in the quest to manipulate and exercise control over their targets. This includes deceiving others about serious illnesses and exploiting their sympathy and anxiety for personal gain.
Completely disregarding the emotional impact on their victims, sociopaths will stop at nothing to maintain their deceptive facade and assert their dominance.
Sociopaths are experts at hiding their true nature – antisocial personality disorder. This makes them some of the most insidious and dangerous characters to encounter, as they expend copious amounts of energy to deceive those around them.
In fact, their underhanded ways can hurt anyone, leaving us all vulnerable to their harmful tactics. So beware, anyone can become a target.
At first, the sociopath will work tirelessly to groom you and groom you. And when they realize that they can easily control and manipulate you, when they gain ownership over you, they will do anything to make sure you keep it that way.
They can use a number of strategies to manipulate you, such as mirroring, love bombing, compulsive lying, and even pretending to be a victim in the relationship.
but that is not all. They can also use some fear-based strategies to keep you short and control you. They can use intimidation, threats, lies, false accusations, and isolation to break your self-esteem and confidence and make you dependent on them.
Master of Lying: Sociopaths and Hoaxes
Sociopaths are usually people with antisocial personality disorder. They are experts at creating elaborate lies that you will have to believe. They will make you question your reality and your sanity by making you avoid the warning signs.
Beware the charm of the sociopath in the relationship. They may present themselves as the most loving, affectionate, and generous partners you have ever had.
With their expert manipulation skills, you’ll have no choice but to trust them completely and question your own instincts. But remember, if it sounds too good to be true, it probably is. Don’t fall prey to the deceptions of the sociopath’s facade.
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Why do sociopaths lie about illness?
When you start to notice the red flags, when you discover their lies and deceit, and when you are about to confront them, the sociopath will hit you with a very detailed and complicated pathological story to regain control over you again.
Since they always prey on sympathetic and emotional people, they will know about your kind and caring nature and will use it against you.
For them, you act as a source of supply. You are feeding their fragile egos and low self-esteem. So they programmed and brainwashed you over days, weeks, and months to control you and control every aspect of your life.
When you discover his reality and decide to leave him, the sociopath will feel threatened. This is when they deceive you, manipulate you, and deceive you with a false story about the disease.
Since they will pretend to have some chronic disease, such as cancer, you will have to show them empathy and kindness. Even a heartless person will have a positive reaction to a sick person. Since they are experts at observing and observing people, sociopaths know how you will react.
Their false tale of illness will force you to forgive them and stay with them for longer than you want to. And that’s all they need to spin their poisonous magic around you, reprogram you and control you all over again.
Sociopaths have no conscience
Sociopaths are individuals without conscience. They are pathological liars who can say and do anything to control you and get what they want. Hence, making up and faking diseases is no big deal to them.
They use it as a tool to create drama and lock you in. As you become trapped in their lies, you will feel sorry for their horrible disjointed illness and instinctively show a strong, positive response.
Soon, you’ll start to accept their toxic behavior and make excuses to stay with them.
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Sociopathic disease saga helps them to:
distract from the truth
Gain compassion, kindness, care, and sympathy
Get a positive reaction and interest from you
prevent you from leaving
Take the role of the victim
It makes you responsible for their well-being
What’s worse is that the sociopath will do everything he can to protect his lie. Maintaining the lie and maintaining their control over you is more important to them than your emotions.
Protecting the false reality they have created is of paramount importance to them. So the lie continues to grow and encompass every aspect of the sociopath’s life until it has consumed him completely. For them, their lie will become their truth. They will become their fake disease.
The story of their illness will now become more detailed and detailed. They will tell you about their doctors’ appointments, hospital visits, and treatment, but they will never involve you in the process.
Some sociopaths are high-conflict people (HCPs) who are preoccupied with blaming a target for not accepting their dominance. So if, by any chance, you find out the truth, they will make you look like a sociopath with a conscience.
They will use your empathy and sympathy to claim that you are heartless, thoughtless, and selfish for blaming a sick person for lying. Their display of moral outrage will make you doubt yourself again and reaffirm their victim position.
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While you may have evidence and you may protest their sly moral protest, it will only lead to more drama for the sociopath to feed on. Then they will use your emotions to make you look like a toxic person who doesn’t care about someone who is seriously ill.
When you begin to question yourself and wonder if anyone could be so despicable as to lie about their terminal illness, the sociopath will gain ownership and control over you again. Control of your emotions is the greatest form of ownership for them.
Eventually, you will give in to your feelings and the sociopath will get exactly what they want – care, kindness, attention, empathy, and praise through lying, deception, and manipulation of you.
When you begin to take care of them, they will manipulate you into becoming the pseudo-illness caregiver, and thus, they will now own you.
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Dealing with lying socially about illness
No matter how desperately the sociopath tries to protect his lies, the truth will eventually reveal itself. Your instincts will make you see the warning signs and feelings of betrayal will take over your thoughts and emotions.
Since you will find the truth hard to believe, you will question them for their lies and yourself for being so naive. But the thing is, sociopaths are without conscience. They can do anything they want and not care about you. That’s what they are.
If you’ve personally gone through the saga of a sociopath’s illness, the first thing you need to do is realize that it’s not your fault. They were. You just choose to be your best self even though you know they are not trustworthy.
You chose to show care and kindness to someone who claimed to be terminally ill. You are not stupid. It’s toxic. Yes, it will hurt. This will make you feel confused and make you question yourself. But it does not identify you.
It simply defines who they are. You have been manipulated mentally and emotionally. You were in control of a sick person and forced you to play his sick game.
However, once you begin to accept the truth and decide to stay true to yourself, and be as caring, compassionate, and empathetic as you are, the confusion will pass. And you will find more clarity and power.
This will help you build a reality where you can finally see the sociopath for themselves. This will enable you to identify future sociopaths and stay away from them.
This will enable you to build meaningful relationships with caring and sympathetic people who will have as much to offer you as you will have to offer them.
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