I'm pretty morbid. Is that normal?

[Prince Regent]

Yeah normal, go see Dexter.

 

[Continuity]

I want to know if there is a word for people like me. I love dark, melancholy things. I think Edgar Alan Poe is a genius. I have a dark sense of humour and I'm in my element watching The Crow or reading Johnny the Homicidal Maniac comics. However, I'm not goth-I don't adhere to the fashion anyway, but I often feel like I could be swaying towards the mindset. The goth mindset as I have heard it described is someone who finds the beauty in dark or negative things.
So, what does this make me? A goth in all but the look? A regular mainstream guy? Something else? I know it's not good to label one's self, but just humour me if you will.

Teenager?

Though seriously, you're not alone, its just a question of taste.

 

[Enkidu88]

Darkness is a natural part of every human, and exploring the darker side of the psyche is often a rewarding experience. Its why people enjoy horror movies, and gory action movies. Just don't devote your entire life to the dark, that usually ends with you going to jail after they find the thirty dismembered hookers in your backyard.

 

[Scobie]

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[Jamous]

I want to know if there is a word for people like me. I love dark, melancholy things. I think Edgar Alan Poe is a genius. I have a dark sense of humour and I'm in my element watching The Crow or reading Johnny the Homicidal Maniac comics. However, I'm not goth-I don't adhere to the fashion anyway, but I often feel like I could be swaying towards the mindset. The goth mindset as I have heard it described is someone who finds the beauty in dark or negative things.
So, what does this make me? A goth in all but the look? A regular mainstream guy? Something else? I know it's not good to label one's self, but just humour me if you will.

Does it matter? I feel more or less the same and it doesn't matter. That stuff is simply much more interesting to some people. Personally, I rather like Gothic style. Many people consider me so simply because I wear a lot of black and like that stuff. However, why should it matter at all? All it means is that you have a different opinion to some on what you find cool, or beautiful. Well done anyways. Have fun.

Wow... I... I thought I was the only one. Really, I wondered this, and hated the thought of admitting it as most people would just call me emo. It's pretty normal though, I found that in college people really don't seem to care as much, and you'll find a lot of people throughout your life that share similar views.

That first bit's really sad. Never, ever be afraid of showing yourself to others, or admitting things about yourself. If it's something like that, then if they cared for you even slightly, they shouldn't give the slightest shit, since you're the same person you've ever been. If they do care, and make a big thing about it, fuck em. They're not worth your time, or your feelings if they can't accept something like that; if they can't accept you for who you are. Yeah, that sort of stuff gets to me a bit.

Anyways, sorry, hope I helped, if you needed help.

 

[The_ModeRazor]

I... think it makes you a teenager?
*switches to russian accent*
And now for something different!

 

[Blackality]

Yep, that's part of being a teenager.

Don't worry, just don't act like a pseudo-dark-goth-emo douchebag.

 

[Battenbergcake]

See someone like you is what we call in the bussiness an indivdual which is a good thing.
Besides you seem like the kinda of person who should understand their no real thing such as "normal".

 

[mik hardcore]

See someone like you is what we call in the bussiness an indivdual which is a good thing.
Besides you seem like the kinda of person who should understand their no real thing such as "normal".

Yes, I know. While I agree, I also believe that many people do fit themselves into niche groups, either with their fashion or whatever. I think the point of this thread was to clarify whether or not my own preferences were 'niche' or more widespread, simply out of my own curiosity. I appreciate yours and everyones responses. It has given me much to think about.

 

[Jonny49]

I'm in my element watching The Crow

You like good movies. This wins you a cookie.

 

[Lenny Magic]

It makes you a cylon...

Serious Answer: You are yourself. Nothing more to it than that.

 

[ShrooM_DoughKiD]

I want to know if there is a word for people like me. I love dark, melancholy things. I think Edgar Alan Poe is a genius. I have a dark sense of humour and I'm in my element watching The Crow or reading Johnny the Homicidal Maniac comics. However, I'm not goth-I don't adhere to the fashion anyway, but I often feel like I could be swaying towards the mindset. The goth mindset as I have heard it described is someone who finds the beauty in dark or negative things.
So, what does this make me? A goth in all but the look? A regular mainstream guy? Something else? I know it's not good to label one's self, but just humour me if you will.

Sounds to me like you have a lot of gothic mentalities, as long as you're an intellectual as well as being the things that you mentioned.

 

[Chris^^]

you are you, don't try and become a stereotype - everyone has their little peculiarities..

 

[Broken Boy]

You sound very much like me.

 

[Kranay]

If you kill him or hurt him in any way, you'll only be proving him right. Kill him, and it goes from one man's negative opinion to the world's.

 

[Blue Musician]

Humans are different by nature, so you are normal.
I have a quite morbid imagination as well actually...

 

[zehydra]

I like you OP, because you're goth, but you don't feel the need to dress goth. I wish there were more people like you, lol. There is nothing more annoying, in my opinion, than people who dress emo or goth to break away from the mold, as all they're really doing is fitting into another one. They're a bunch of hypocrites.

 

[Wardnath]

ITT: "durrr, teenager?"

Yeah, I probably fall into the same mindset. I've always been fairly apathetic towards it, but really, who else would want to listen to this?

Incidentally, a lot of my clothing is black/dark blue. Totally not of my own doing, honest.