I have told many lies. Everyone has. I cannot recollect the amount of times I have told a lie. When I was young I used to say my father made seven million billion trillion dollars, that my parents let me eat candy for breakfast, and that I was really the king of some country in the pacific south west. As I grow older I tell less and less lies, nowadays I don't lie unless I absolutely have to, which is very rare.

I tell lies only when I am being verbally attacked, am embarrassed, or am trying to protect someone or something. Ever since I was young I would have these weird urges to lie when I am being verbally attacked. When I say this I do not mean arguments, I mean when someone starts literally attacking me with words. When this happens I simply bluff, say that I am in fact stronger then I look, and that I know people who know people. These lies that I tell are simply for my own protection, not really a habit but more like a self defense procedure. I remember when I was in 5th grade, a couple of kids started making fun of me, I got very angry. Instead of crying, yelling, and running I simply told them I knew Karate, Jujitsu, and Kung Fu. I looked at them and screamed hi-ya! They ran away and I saved my self by lying.

Have you ever got yourself in one of those embarrassing situations where you cannot do anything to save yourself but lie? There are some times when I get in a tight spot, or I get embarrassed. For example, when I say something to a girl that makes no sense, I will simply say, "Oh, umm. I was thought you were somebody else. These lies that I tell are simply made, once again, as a self-defense system.

I remember times when my sister would pee in her pants at school. I would run to her classroom and say a lie to protect her so that she would not get embarrassed or cry. I remember time when my friend would do something really stupid or really idiotic and I would cover for him by lying. All these lies I told were just so that I could protect a friend, they are not evil, but more like a way of protecting others.

I tell lies when I am being verbally assaulted, am embarrassed, or trying to protect someone. I do this all the time, I try not to, but I do. Lies to me, are not ways of being evil but in fact a way to protect yourself. All my life I have used lies as a self defense mechanism. It has worked too, it has never failed me. Lies help me be a more secure person by telling insecure things.