How does the lie affect our brain and body?

All of us from childhood know these sayings: "You will not lie, you will not live", "He is lying and does not blush", "Liars do not believe in the truth". Also, many of us are sure that an out-and-out lieutenant can be identified by a long nose. We know that it's bad to lie, but we still do it. And have you already managed to circle someone around today? No? It seems that this is another lie. Studies show that most people tell lies from one to two times daily.

Lies to salvation

It is easy to justify our words, referring to a lie for salvation. In some situations, the truth can deeply injure a person close to us. But in other cases we will always find excuses for lying. For example: "This is just a little exaggeration," "I just joked," "I said this so as not to offend the feelings of another person." And is it really important to focus on this issue, if in the end everything is lying? Is not it easier to write off this feature of character on human imperfection and put up with it? But, as it turned out, a lie can harm your brain and body. We will try to understand the mechanism of this harmful influence.

The memory of a liar is working at the limit

Here is what the Ph.D. Arthur Markman says: "The very moment when a lie breaks from your lips, your body releases into the brain a dose of cortisol, a stress hormone. After a few minutes, your memory plunges into overdrive and starts to work at the limit. The fact is that the brain easily remembers the information that took place in reality. Another thing is a lie that accidentally fell from your lips. Now you have to do your best to keep the fictitious information in your head. " Therefore, you are complicating your own life. Now, decision making is becoming a more complex process. Sometimes your discomfort breaks out in the form of an unmotivated outburst of anger. All this happens in the first 10 minutes after you deign to lie.

There is stress

When you lie, you experience stress. Despite the fact that the initial reactions of the body quickly go away, a new problem appears. Now you begin to worry that people will lead you to clean water. To cope with this feeling, you begin to act more gently and insinuatingly, for example, show courtesy in relation to the person to whom you lied. Sometimes with a liar there is a different reaction, and they begin to behave more aggressively, believing that those around them forced them to act dishonestly.

What happens the next day?

The next day one of two things can happen. In the event that you are accustomed to pathological lies, you will begin to believe in yourself what you told the day before. If you are not used to such behavior, you will continue to feel bad and try to avoid contact with the person who was told untruth. However, a sense of guilt will not allow you to sleep peacefully in the next few days.

Resisting the physical consequences of lies

Additional stress leads to negative consequences for the health of a liar. This leads to increased blood pressure, severe headaches and even discomfort in the lower back. In the blood, the number of leukocytes is reduced, this is necessary in order to resist the physical consequences of lying.

Where are the mental resources?

What happens at this time with the brain? He spends the lion's share of his resources in order to keep untruthful information in his memory. Otherwise people will catch you at the discrepancy of the facts. Expecting exposure, you provide yourself with a fair amount of stress, and the more you are in the state of the driven wolf, the more likely you are to develop a depressive disorder. These feelings will corrode your body from the inside. But now, if you do not confess and ease your soul, the digestive system will suffer. Do not be surprised if, after a while, you come across symptoms such as diarrhea, upset stomach, nausea and convulsions.

Stop the pathological lie!

If you are used to lying on a regular basis, changing yourself will not be easy. Admit to yourself that you want to become more honest and make a conscious effort to reduce the amount of lies. Always think twice before answering someone's question. Start communicating with people who have a reputation for being truthful. Friends who prefer to hear the truth can take on the functions of a tug and motivate you to change habits.