(T12)

A．DEFENDING

B．UP

C．COPE A.KEEP LIVING(T7)______TO THAT IMAGE

B．IF YOU CAN(T8)______WITH THREE DAYS RUNNING

C．WAYS OF(T9)______AN IDEA WHAT YOU DESCRIBE IS A HABIT OF LYING THAT IS MORE SERIOUS THAN THIS.I SUSPECT THAT THELIES YOU TELL ARE(T10)______YOU HAVE OF YOUR OWN WORT

H．PEOPLE WHO HAVE DOUBTS ABOUTTHEIR OWN SELF-ESTEEM OFTEN WORRY THAT OTHERS WILL JUDGE THEM AS HARSHLY AS THEY FEEL THEY DESERVE BECAUSE OF A SECRET IDEA THAT THEY ARE PRETTY WORTHLESS.IN OTHER WORDS, THEY CREATE A FALSE PICTURE OF THEMSELVES, A PICTURE OF SOMEONE WHO MEETS ALL THE EXPECTATIONS THEY THINK OTHERS HAVE OF THEM, AND AS YOU SAY, THAT CAUSES PROBLEMS—SINCE THEY HAVE TO(T11)______.AT THE SAME TIME, THEY HAVE TO TELL FURTHER LIE TO COVER THE STORIES THEY HAVE ALREADY TOL

D．ACCORDING TO SOME AUTHORITIES, THIS IS PARTICULARLY AMONG WOMEN ESPECIALLY THOSE WHO HAVE FEW OPPORTUNITIES TO DEVELOP AN ADEQUATE SENSE OF SELF-WORT

H． I SUGGEST YOU GIVE YOURSELF ONE DAY DURING WHICH YOU STICK SOLIDLY TO THE TRUTH ABOUT YOURSEL

F．GIVE YOURSELF A SMALL TREAT AT THE END OF THE DAY IF YOU HAVE MANAGED TO KEEP IT UP.WAIT A WEEK AND THEN TRY IT AGAI

N.ONCE YOU HAVE ACHIEVED THREE SEPARATE LIE-FREE DAYS,SEE(T12)______, THEN EXTEND IT TO A WHOLE WEE

K.DON"T MAKE A PROMISE TO YOURSELF THATYOU WILL NEVER LIE AGAIN BECAUSE ALMOST CERTAINLY YOU WILL—IT"S TOO MUCH TO TAKE ON AT ONC

E．TRY TO CHANGE THINGS LITTLE BY LITTLE, BY SETTING YOURSELF MANAGEABLE TARGETS.AFTER A WHILE, YOU"LL WONDER WHY YOU EVER HAD THE PROBLEM AT ALL.