Nicole's+Intro

===I was five years old when I realized how lying can impact one’s life. At the time my parents were going through a nasty custody battle, where my sister and I were constantly put in the middle. My mother and father would always tell me two different sides to every story and I was ambiguous on which one to believe. It was a horrible feeling, not knowing whether you could trust the two people in your life that you are supposed to trust explicitly. It was at that moment that I realized I wanted to understand what compels one to lie even when they knew it will affect not only their lives but also the lives of all those who surround them.=== ===Now as a 13 year old with more experience and knowledge I want to have a deeper understanding on the psychology of what motivates people to lie. I know that people lie to cover up for their indiscretions, to keep their children’s innocence by lying to them that the Easter Bunny is real, to protect your spouse’s feelings by telling her,” No, honey of course you don’t look fat ” when in reality she looks like an elephant stuffed into a size zero pink dress. This I understand; however, what I want to further educate myself about is why lying is our natural response when things aren’t going in our favor. Why do we feel this need to cover up the truth? Why do we lie to ourselves about our feelings towards one another, when the truth will only stay hidden for so long and in the end no one will come out unscathed. These circumstances further provoke more questions and leave me with an obscure understanding on the act of lying.===