reply to post by Oldtimer2
Casey is a pathological liar. They will go to EXTREME lengths to conceal truth. They cannot often disseminate between what they have fabricated and
what is real.
It's a hatred of reality IMO. My daughter is a pathological liar. I can see the "circles" and backpedaling and sidetracking happening. The
searchers and investigators would be wise to consult some serious psychiatric or psychological pro's in how to analyze what Casey says.
As I know with my own daughter, there are often bits of truth tossed in...I think it's a subconscious attempt by the psyche to TRY to remain attached
to reality in some small way. The Pathological liar still has to function in reality after all...there has to be some truths in their existence. They
are not INSANE...most can function within both realms of fiction and fact.
However they do tend to get caught frequently. They simply detach from the people around them who question. My own daughter has cycled through friends
like she does underwear.
They have almost a multi personality. behaving one way with one person and completely different with another...it's a very fractionated way of
life.
All points of their personality are there but not in whole. Their life consists of HOW the world relates to them and how people THINK of them, view
them, react to them and with them...
They are Black holes...sucking everything in. Emotions, attentions, fears, worries, praise....everything. They crave it. No single day can go by
without drama or amazing occurrences.
Life is mundane and we travel through it most days with absolutely NOTHING unusual or amazing happening. The pathological liar cannot handle
that...they cannot handle NOT being the centre of attention.
Casey will remain in the spot light so long as Caylee remains missing. That's it in very simple terms.
As a mother of a pathological liar I can tell you it's frustrating and scary seeing your child incapable of being whole.
Casey is a victim in a way but of herself. Because she is not insane she's going to be a tough one to help psychologically. Psychologists have a hard
time correcting this behavior. Psychiatric medicine doesn't do much at all in treating them either...it's a SELF LEARNED process...usually starts in
pre pubescence.
Even sitting my kid down and pointing out the path(s) of her lies is completely moot...she listens and seems to understand, even responds...but the
whole while you can just see on her face that it's just not being COMPREHENDED. She rejects it...completely.
It's draining and tiring and scary and very sad. I adore my daughter...it's painful to watch.
Cindy I'm sure has experienced all of what I have and then some! It would kill me to know my daughter would even be capable of harming a child,
especially her own. She's in denial mode...that won't last long.