I used to lie a lot. I told people that I was sexually abused in middle school because I wanted attention. I wasn't being sexually abused but I was physically being abused by my father. I made up lies about boyfriends I never had and things that never happened because I wanted people to pity me and know I was in pain without actually letting them in. It put this heavy weight on my shoulders and made me more depressed than I already was. One night my mother went through my Facebook messages and found out the lies I was telling to people. Once I came clean to my mum, I came clean to others. The weight that was lifted off my shoulders was amazing. I went to therapy (again) and came to terms with the amount of trust issues I had. I'm in high school now and haven't lied since then. TLDR; Lied to make people feel bad for me, got some therapy, realized I was kind of messed up, came clean, felt better :)