I’m worried my colleague is lying about having cancer | Ask Annalisa Barbieri

The real question isn’t whether you are being lied to, but why ‘tall tales’ land so heavily with you When I was 21, I went on a girls’ trip with university friends. Over dinner, one of the girls, who was known for being a liar, announced she had just heard from her doctor that she had cancer and needed chemotherapy. She never had chemotherapy and most of the group (especially me) stopped socialising with her after that. Five years later, she admitted she had been lying. Recently, a new person...

By Annalisa Barbieri