7 Body Language Signs Someone Is Lying To You (That Most People Miss)

Learn to read people before trusting them. Pay attention to their patterns. Do their words align with their actions? It will save you a lot of trouble if you learn early on that not everyone deserves access to your heart, your mind, or your energy. Some people look kind but carry knives behind their smiles.

Some appear loyal but disappear the moment things get heavy. Trust isn't something you hand out like candy. It is something people earn through consistency, actions, and truth.

Notice how one acts when no one's around watching them. How they speak about others and how they live their life. Because a liar and manipulative person learns to cover their tracks early on in life. 

And one wrong person can not only drain your energy and spend your precious time. They can leave you with irreparable damage that haunts you throughout your life. Protect your energy. Test before you trust.

7 Body Language Signs Someone Is Lying To You (That Most People Miss)

Look at the image above. Why do you think the woman on the left is lying and the one on the right is not lying? Well, the woman on the left failed the Crow's Feet test. What's that? Read on to learn 7 accurate body language signs someone is lying.

#1 False smile

A genuine smile isn't jsut about the mouth. It's about the eyes. Real joy causes the skin around the eyes to crinkle into 'crow's feet'. If you don't see wrinkles around the corner of the eyes, the smile is likely just a social mask.

#2 Watch eye movements

If they are constantly looking away or looking up and to the right, they might be lying. Blinking rapidly or maintain unblinking eye contact could be signs of lying.

#3 Watch hand gestures

Are their hands in pockets when confronted? Or hands clenched tightly? Are their palms facing downwards? These are signs of dishonesty and distress. When telling a lie, a person's hands are likely to stay noticebly still.

#4 Covering the face or mouth

A liar will subconsciously cover their mouth when they want to avoid answering a question. One is likely lying if they rapidly move their hands to cover parts of their throat, chest, neck, head, face, or abdomen.

#5 Crossing their arms

Another sign someone can't be trusted when confronted is crossing arms while taking deep breaths. This is a defensive body gesture signalling deception. They are likely self-soothing and coming up with a lie.

#6 Ventilating the neck

If one is suddenly caught in a lie or confronted with the truth, a liar is most likely to pull their collar. Women are likely to move hair away from the neck. This signals sudden stress of being under scrutiny.

#7 Blocking the space between

A person lying will subconsciously place an object nearby between you and them as a shield.

NOTE: No single body gesture is a reliable indicator of someone is lying. You must take into account the whole context of the conversation and overall body language. Always trust your gut instincts. If it warns you about someone, it is usually right.

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