Distancing/Disassociation: Using the third person to remove oneself from the lie., "Absolutely no party took place at this house.", Negative Language: Subconscious guilt manifesting as hostility or complaining., "My stupid phone battery died. I hate that thing.", Cognitive Struggle: The brain's inability to compute complex evaluations while building a lie., Skipping judgment and evaluation., Simple Description: Keeping the actual event explanation basic because the brain is busy., "I'm taking the day off. I'm not feeling well.", Truthful Comparison: A direct, first-person statement that is used as a contrast to deceptive distancing., "I didn't host a party here.", Padded Lies: Adding unnecessary words and irrelevant but factual-sounding details to make the lie seem "heavier.", Inserting irrelevant, factual-sounding details.

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