Dr. Phil McGraw asserts that Sarah's actions constitute devious manipulation rather than merely a compulsive addiction to lying.

“I mean, you knew she had a friend shot and killed. So, you manufacture somebody hunting you down with a gun and then your phone dies. So, you leave her in suspense knowing she's lost someone to gun violence. So, you structure a parallel event. That's manipulatively devious, is it not?”

Brittany admits that she has previously lied about being pregnant and falsified court documents.

“and yes I was dishonest but did you photoshop your face on to another woman's body that was holding two stillborn babies I did not do that who did I do not know her name but somebody put your face on that picture yes they did I did not do that why would someone do that um she was just trying to help”

Chris argues that his tendency to lie is exacerbated by his wife's angry reactions.

“well Chris admits that he has a problem with lying since he was just a kid but he says if it wasn't for Melissa's hulk-like temperor he would probably own up to his lies a lot faster so really in a sense this is her fault”

Trusting a stranger with romantic promises can lead to significant life-altering consequences for women.

“Trusting a stranger who has a request Don't do it, no matter what your husband is like. I will support you until the end, but this is straightforward.”

A camouflaged animal is not necessarily making a choice to deceive if that deception is merely a natural and involuntary form.

“A camouflaged animal is not deciding to deceive. It's just natural form is deceiving.”

True deception as a lie requires the intent to manipulate the belief system of another individual.

“Human lying in the way that we mean it, that is about targeting the belief system of another individual in order to change their future behavior”

Brian White claims that Sarah's elaborate lies and staged social media content regarding her fake cancer treatment were premeditated and malicious.

“She had to actually create this image for you. This is all premeditated. >> All of it. >> It it it's it's maniacal. I mean, sincerely, who has time for this was my first question. Um, it it's it's just sick. It's just sick.”

Liz Hoffman claims that Sarah intentionally reopened her emotional trauma by staging a fake shooting incident, knowing about her past experience with gun violence.

“You know, we had very personal conversations about that shooting and I told her, you know, how it how it felt at that time and and you know, how it was still it was still troubling to me. So she she just went in and reopened the wound.”