Rather, it’s about solitude, learning to live outside the norm. Generally, you’re an outcast, a nomad, a lone wolf. People only associate that goth lifestyle with death because of the darkness associated with it:
The black colors, the dark makeup, the moody disposition, maybe even the certain religions associated with it, such as atheism, Satanism, or Wiccan.
Whatever the case, the reality is goth isn’t any different than any other lifestyle out there! And surprisingly, people that live the goth style aren’t that different from others either! Why is that?
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Here’s the reason: the lifestyle doesn’t define the person. Rather, it’s the other way around….
A dark, broody, soft-spoken person can be considered goth, but those characteristics aren’t necessarily ‘requirements’ of the lifestyle. In all honesty, it doesn’t matter how you dress, how you look, or how you act — what you believe determines your lifestyle. That obviously falls in line with your religious paradigms, whatever they may be. You may express yourself a certain way that lends to the goth lifestyle, but in all honesty you really don’t ‘look’ like it.
There are many other characteristics that could be determined as ‘goth,’ but you have to understand this one important fact that centers around what it means to have a ‘lifestyle’: it’s simply this….
You choose the lifestyle. The lifestyle doesn’t choose you. You can like Corinthian columns and cathedrals just fine, but you don’t have to live a goth lifestyle along with it. Likewise, you don’t have to like Corinthian columns and cathedrals, or even vampires, to live the goth lifestyle. There’s no set of rules, no boundaries.
Just you. So if anyone claims you’re obsessed with death, just remind them — you’re alive and kicking!
