George Washington University Has No Record of Melissa Williams-Brown, claims of a degree are false Pathological liars tell compulsive lies without a clear motive. This type of lying is different than non-pathological lying, where the lie is often beneficial in some way. Lying is a common feature of social interactions among humans. This behavior even occurs in some animals, such as monkeys. Lies often lead to some benefit. For example, a person may lie to avoid social embarrassment. While some people lie more frequently than others, it is not typically a sign of a mental health condition. Pathological lying is different. It may be a sign of an underlying mental health condition, such as a personality disorder . In this article, we discuss pathological lying in more detail, including how to recognize it and how to cope with this behavior in others. Related :  Munchausen and Pathological Lying: The Strange Saga of Melissa Williams-Brown What is pathological lying? A pathological lia...

Münchausen by internet: the sick world of the internet fakers Why would someone feign a serious illness online? The  strange world of Münchausen by internet Anyone following her updates online could see that Mandy Wilson had been having a terrible few years. She was diagnosed with leukaemia at 37, shortly after her husband abandoned her, leaving her to bring up their five-year-old daughter and baby son on her own. Chemotherapy damaged her immune system, liver and heart so badly she eventually had a stroke and went into a coma. She spent weeks recovering in intensive care, where nurses treated her roughly, leaving her covered in bruises. Wilson was frightened and vulnerable, but she wasn't alone. As she suffered at home in Australia, women offered their support throughout the US, Britain, New Zealand and Canada. She'd been posting on connectedmoms.com, an online community for mothers, and its members were following every detail of her progress - through updates posted by Wilson ...

Victim playing (also known as playing the victim, victim card or self-victimization) is the fabrication of victimhood for a variety of reasons such as to justify abuse of others, to manipulate others, a coping strategy or attention seeking . For abuse Victim playing by abusers is either: Dehumanization , diverting attention away from acts of abuse by claiming that the abuse was justified based on another person's bad behavior (typically the victim) grooming for abusive power and control by soliciting sympathy (See Melissa Williams-Brown Post) from others in order to gain their assistance in supporting or enabling the abuse of a victim (known as proxy abuse ). It is common for abusers to engage in victim playing. This serves two purposes: 1. Justification , to themselves, in Transactional analysis known as existential validation, as a way of dealing with the cognitive dissonance that results from inconsistencies between the way they treat others and what they believe abo...

It is estimated that up to half of all resumes contain fraudulent information*, including educational achievements. Those who falsify information count on the verification process being so difficult that employers and others will not attempt to verify educational claims. For more information on the cost of credentials fraud and how to fight it, ask your Clearinghouse regional director for a copy of  “ Your Institution’s Reputation on the Line " Melissa Williams-Brown , who posted the infamous " paranoid totmom " videos, allegedly went to extraordinary lengths to fake a college degree she didn’t have; making the claims in engagement announcements she placed in several newspapers - including the Los Angeles Times and Irvine World News . Ms. Williams-Brown may be facing incarceration, probation and a heavy fine just like Melissa Howard, a disgraced politician who also faked her college degree . School Officials: Melissa Williams-Brown was never a student Emails from offici...