What makes a person like Santos lie compulsively?

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What makes a person like Santos lie compulsively?

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Why do people like Congressman George Santos tell so many easy-to-disprove lies about themselves? "Sometimes they can't tell the difference between what's real and what's not real," says psychiatrist Dr. Tracey Marks. "It also has a compulsive nature to it, where they have a drive to tell these stories and they just can't stop."

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