I have failed 5 polygraphs in the last year and I am starting to get concerned I will never pass one.

My first experience was with the secret service. It was almost a 7 hour test where I was actually yelled at by the polygraph examiner for lying to him! (I was not lying) I was brought back a second time because my polygraph was inconclusive. He told me to rescind my application and told me to "lower my moral integrity" after the exam. I have never done drugs. I was randomly drug tested in college for athletics, even during summers. But the question I was consistently inconclusive for was the drug question apparently.

The FBI told me I failed there polygraph, but was told by the examiner that he personally believed I was telling the truth, but I have to pass the polygraph exam to be employed. He told me how to appeal. I am currently in the appeals process for the FBI. He also told me that the secret service polygraph examiners are notoriously bad and use aggressive tactics during the exam to cut people. Since I was a recent grad, he may have been trying to cut me.

I then took an exam for my local police force. He admitted that he gets kids who have religious upbringings and they fail all the time for stupid reasons. We went over everything, and he even laughed at some of the stuff I told him. (I was escorted out of the mall because I was dropping chocolate on two - what I thought at the time - attractive girls in high school). The examiner said my results looked good. He even said I was over qualified to be a police officer and would move up the ranks quite quickly, but three days later I was called back for another exam... I did not pass the next exam.

I am very confused. I have disclosed everything to them, even stuff they laughed at me about. If I can't pass a polygraph, I can never go into any of the fields I want to. No offense to any cops in here, but I can't even be a local police officer? I even was the fastest candidate in the physicals by a long shot... except for a former enlisted marines who was 2 to 3 seconds behind me.)

I am currently trying to pass medical for the marine corp OCS. Hopefully that goes a bit better.