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Lilbb
Member
07-29-2007
| Saturday, March 01, 2008 - 12:04 pm
Does Allison have a gambling or lying addiction? Signs of gambling addiction: * Preoccupation – Preoccupied with gambling (e.g., preoccupied with reliving past gambling experiences, handicapping or planning the next venture, or thinking of ways to get money to gamble) * Tolerance – Needs to gamble with increasing amounts of money in order to achieve the desired excitement * Withdrawal – Is restless or irritable when attempting to cut down or stop gambling * Escape – Gambles as a way of escaping from problems or relieving dysphoric mood (e.g., feelings of helplessness, guilt, anxiety or depression) * Chasing – After losing money gambling, often returns another day in order to get even ("chasing one's losses"). Chasing is a classical behavior pattern characterizing pathological gambling. * Lying – Lies to family members, therapists or others to conceal the extent of involvement with gambling * Illegal acts – Has committed illegal acts (e.g., forgery, fraud, theft or embezzlement) in order to finance gambling * Risked significant relationship – Has jeopardized or lost a significant relationship, job or educational or career opportunity because of gambling * Bailout – Has relied on others to provide money to relieve a desperate financial situation caused by gambling * Loss of control – Has made repeated unsuccessful efforts to control, cut back or stop gambling Lying: "Occasional liars. "Occasional liars, which most of us are, really don’t like to lie, but they’ll do so every now and then to avoid an unpleasant situation or because they don’t want to admit doing something wrong or embarrassing," Mazzarella explains. Because they feel uncomfortable lying, they’ll usually reveal their lies through their appearance, body language and voice. Frequent liars. Frequent liars know lying is wrong, but it doesn’t make them as uncomfortable as the occasional liar. For this reason, they are more likely to lie regularly and are less likely to reveal lies through their appearance. However, because they are more comfortable lying, they do not pay as much attention to the consistency and logic of their statements. Habitual liars. Habitual liars are fairly uncommon. These are people who have difficulty separating fact from fiction and who say whatever comes to their minds no matter how exaggerated, ridiculous, illogical or untruthful it may be. A good example is the 25-year-old who brags about his many worldly adventures, even though in reality he would have to be 80 to have accomplished all that he talks about. Habitual liars lie so frequently that they never show physical discomfort, but they are so sloppy with content that they are easy to catch. Professional liars. "These are the hardest to identify," Mazzarella says. "They don’t lie indiscriminately, like the habitual liar. They lie for a purpose." These are people like the mechanic who routinely cons motorists about their faulty transmissions, or the realtor who explains that ceiling stains are the result of "old damage from a water leak in the attic," as opposed to a leaky roof. Professional liars have thought their lies through and know exactly what they’re going to say and when. Because the lie has been practiced so often, it will not be revealed by the liar’s voice, body language or appearance. The only way to catch professional liars is by checking their statements against an independent source." I think professional liar. What say you?
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Costacat
Member
07-15-2000
| Saturday, March 01, 2008 - 12:11 pm
If you check Allison's bio you'll see: quote:Allison was interested in becoming a professional gambler but failed miserably at it. Now she has a strong aversion to gambling and doesn't do it at all.
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Hooters
Member
08-26-2006
| Saturday, March 01, 2008 - 12:20 pm
Seems to me she's gambling in the house now, with all the torment she's causing. I agree, Professional Liar.
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Merrysea
Moderator
08-13-2004
| Saturday, March 01, 2008 - 1:11 pm
I think that when you come into a game where lying is expected, it's hard to judge someone on what they are really like. Based on this, Dr. Will would be considered a professional liar, yet most of the board would say he was just playing a game. Maybe Allison is also just playing a game, but she's not as good at it as he is.
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Beekindpleez
Member
07-18-2006
| Saturday, March 01, 2008 - 1:15 pm
Merry...what was fun about Will was that he flat-out told everyone that he was lying. Over and over he said it. He had a t-shirt that said: I'm probably lying. And still they believed him. Will was never vicious or malicious in his lies. He didn't lie to hurt people. I think Allison does. She has said she would like to be seen as the female Dr. Will...but her lies are much more cruel than his ever were. The very detailed lies she told Chelsia about co-parenting Sheila's son, Mick, are an example of this. And then she said Sheila was the one that made all of that up.
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Costacat
Member
07-15-2000
| Saturday, March 01, 2008 - 6:30 pm
An imitation of something is rarely never as good as the original.
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Cricket
Member
08-05-2002
| Saturday, March 01, 2008 - 9:12 pm
I'd say both if she was insinuating she needed money to pay gambling debts when talking to Sheila.
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