Compulsive Lying

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<p>I don't know what to do. I've lately been lying to all my teachers and advisors.</p>

<p>I asked them for help with getting scholarships and they've all put in recommendations to the schools that I've applied to but I forgot to fill out the FAFSA. So now those schools are e-mailing my teachers saying I need to fill out the FAFSA, but I told them I did already.</p>

<p>So they sent more correspondence e-mails and now I'm still claiming the same thing that I already filled the FAFSA even though I really didn't. Why haven't I filled it out? I've been too busy lately... I can't find time where I feel encouraged to and not tired from 32 hours of sleep deprivation.</p>

<p>This also isn't the first thing I've lied to all of my teachers about and gotten caught. I lied about some research opportunities that I needed help with and just never did them. I eventually got caught but my teachers all forgave me.</p>

<p>I seem to just lie under stress. Even when I know I'm going to get caught.</p>

<p>I'm a prospective transfer student also, so no I can't go to community college to make up for my mistakes. I was counting on getting scholarship money from these recommendations, but I just keep lying to all my instructors about things I've done and am in too deep with some of these lies and I'm not brave enough to tell the truth.</p>

<p>Advice?</p>

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<p>Fill the FAFSA today. It takes less than an hour to complete and about 24hrs to 48hrs to process by the DEPARTMENT.
As far as the lying situation goes, You OWE IT TO YOURSELF TO BE HONEST.
People lie all the time, and some with no remorse, calling it a way of life. All the big crimes most individuals commit and lie about it, only to be caught and lockup for life, started with something small and then kept moving to something bigger.
Its a habit that you HAVE to force yourself to refrain from. So, I will say, start now and promise yourself to be honest. If the impulse comes, tell whoever is involved that you need time to think about the situation and will get back to them. That allows you to sleep over it and make a wiser decision, other than just lying.
Acknowledging that you do have this problem is a GREAT sign, and I hope you work on it and free yourself of it.
Best of luck to you.</p>