Are ALL goths depressed?

[Angel of the End]

Coffee with Dorian

Oh, this thread is so silly! Well, it wouldn't surprise me if all or most goths have or had went through regular periods of sadness, frustration, or anxiety, but "depressed" is a medical term which I don't believe defines the gothic subculture. Of course, an interest in the spooky is required, but as far as I know that doesn't spring from any kind of depression. cool

I also have a tendency to be annoyingly cheerful. heart

3nodding I agree and can associate myself with this statement.  

[Lybido Alastar]

Umm, I don't know. I'm depressed every once and a while, but not because I enjoy the gothic subculture. I get depressed because life is always beating my a** and still is in fact.  

[Dance of Pales]

not all goths r depressed. im goth and i can be both happy and angry most of the time. im bipolar so it works both ways for me. we r not emo  

[Padli Andel]

Of course not  

[Xahmen]

All of them are, why else would they dress in all black?  

[Whisper Gently]

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These threads are hilarious.
People need to get over themselves

 

[Xahmen]

Whisper Gently

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These threads are hilarious.
People need to get over themselves

Shutup you don't know me  

[PetreyDish]

Zahmen II

Whisper Gently

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These threads are hilarious.
People need to get over themselves

Shutup you don't know me

Zahmen is always serious.  

[Requiem Dare]

Not all goths are depressed. Black clothes don't have to be depressing, if that's what you like. If you like metal or "goth" music that happens to have angry or negative lyrics, it doesn't nessicarially make you an overall angry person. I suppose it comes down to what you like and who you are. If who you are is someone who enjoys the "darker" side and it makes you happy, how is it depressing? If anything, knowing you like these things and knowing this is who you are should make you happier.  

[Teriyaki Tsubaki]

Depressed? Isnt that emo kids?  

[-Resurrected Writer-]

Teriyaki Tsubaki

Depressed? Isnt that emo kids?

No, you're thinking of "stylishly" apathetic and "stylishly" being a killjoy.

Can't say I've met a subculture that legitimately is made of depressed people... except maybe inside of clinics and support groups.