I personally don't know any Goths; I'm the closest I know to one. I wear black exclusively, I have the occasional peircing, I paint my nails and I am often seen wearing make up. I dress this way because I think it suits me very well but I also do sometimes enjoy the responses I get from people; you can usually tell how close-minded/ignorant someone is by how much they stare or what they say. I get a lot of shouts of "Goth!" like it's an insult, and a lot of people make references to Satan or Marilyn Manson, which annoys me slightly. I am not religious in any way (despite Al's attempts), but many people think I am simply because of the way I dress.
To answer the question: To me, Goth is not a religion, it is merely a style of dress or a way of thinking. If you dress all in black, it doesn't mean you are a Goth...technically you could be a Goth at heart who wears luminous pink tracksuits, it's mainly down to what you think of yourself.
I'm not a manic depressant, I do not have "issues", if I were to dress normally people may think I'm "normal", but the way I act tends to distract people - most people at least see me as odd.
I'm sure there was more to say but as you can see I've written a lot of crap...see if u can weed out the bits that actually mean something.
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