I lied

[Onlyfaith]

Hello everyone. I lied in my virtual friends. Though they are my best and only friends and I feel so so so bad. I told them that I'm in hospital for a week now, while I went there for only 2 days. I feel so bad about it. Does it make me a bad person? I was just very sad when I told it Am I a bad person?

[Babs]

It doesn't necessarily make you a bad person, but it wasn't a good thing to do. I'd come clean if I were you. After that, no more bullshitting.

[EmilySmith]

Why did you do it?

[Onlyfaith]

EmilySmith I was very sad and I went and to the hospital and I don't know, I wanted to feel like someone cares about me so I continue it. I know it is stupid

[Magenta]

EmilySmith I was very sad and I went and to the hospital and I don't know, I wanted to feel like someone cares about me so I continue it. I know it is stupid

It's not stupid. It's not right but it's not stupid. You were in a dark place where sometimes it's really hard to believe that people care and sometimes extreme circumstances are the only thing that validate how you feel and drawing it out seemed like it would work but now you're realizing that maybe it wasn't such a good idea.

I think, however, that you should come clean and apologize. Because odds are, if they really care about you, imagining their friend in the hospital for a week is very worrying and stressful. If they're good friends, tell them what you told us and apologize for lying. Your reasoning is not an excuse but it might help them understand. But no one wants to live with a lie they told hovering over their shoulder so it's best to just face it sooner rather than later.

[CupcakeLuv101]

Hello everyone. I lied in my virtual friends. Though they are my best and only friends and I feel so so so bad. I told them that I'm in hospital for a week now, while I went there for only 2 days. I feel so bad about it. Does it make me a bad person? I was just very sad when I told it Am I a bad person?

It depends on the reason you told them that. And if they are really good friends they would forgive you for lying and understand :)

[Melodic]

I used to do the same for a few months after my parents divorce. Every time I was upset, I'd tweak a sad story and make it more depressing so I'd get more attention. I thought it was great because I felt like everyone cared, but they stopped after a while. After a while they realized I was lying and the only people left in my life were people who didn't care about me and were lying to me as well.

It's not a good habit to start and it's even more difficult to end if you continue. So yeah, I agree with everyone here. Tell them and tell them why you did it. If you confront your problems now, you won't have to deal with a harder battle in the long run.