We aren’t deceitful even though people accuse us of being so. The only time we might lie is to protect other people’s feelings.

Thanks for this interesting topic. I think when I've encountered falsehoods by people w adhd it had to do with comorbid disorders (personality, autism spectrum, mood) and masking behavior. Pretending to be someone else and that nothing's wrong in order to convince themselves and others. Hidden aggression and oppositionallity seemed to occur too, frequently.

I have both ASD and ADHD

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I also have anxiety and depression ptsd and RSD too

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Worst thing you can do to me is accuse me of lying, cheating or being stupid as all of these are an insult to my intelligence

As a kid I used to lie a lot but most of those lies were because I forgot to do smth or didnt do smth that I actually wanted but was too ashamed to admit it and didnt want to dissapoint other person or be punished for it. It was often these white lies where I would get so anxious at the moment and as a way to deal with it I would lie and then after the talk i would run and do. or I was ashamed for doing something or being certain way and would lie to cover it up. It always made me feel aweful but I just couldnt stop myself. It would just slip out bofore i could think over the concequences. sometimes I would lie about something so stupid that I myself would think right after bluring it our:WHAT? Why did I say that? What was the point of saying that… i still sometimes do it but way way less however there are always thing I have to do and cant make myself do and just say yes I did it when asked and run to do it afterwards just like in childhood 🥲