Can A Person Be Emo Without Being Depressed?
Question posted by samantha rowell: ”i know emo is just a trend and everything but ive been told its a state of mind. cant a person be emo without being depressed?”
Answer: Emo is a shortened version of the word emotion. Whether expressed in music or day to day life, the easy expression of emotions that most people would try to repress is a large part of what being emo is all about. That doesn’t, however, limit emotional expression to negative feelings only.
We all know that emos have a very bad wrap for generally being depressed people. This has stemmed from a lot of things, most notably the trend of cutting. There were also quite a few drama queens and kings out there that helped this negative stigma along.
That was all mostly in the beginning of emo culture though. I can safely say that there are very few emos that I met when emo first became a trend that weren’t depressed or had their emotions completely out of tow. Luckily, more stable people started jumping on the bus due to the love of the music and fashion style and quickly helped to start curbing the negative stereotypes.
I’m not going to say that there are no emos who are depressed. That would be a flat out lie. The culture was built on the display of mostly negative emotions and very close to gothic attire. What has evolved out of it though through the passing years is almost a completely different monster.
Cutting is far less of a trend. You don’t have to dye your hair black to be considered emo anymore. Depression has been replaced by hyper randomness. And colorful clothing and accessories is far more favorable than sticking to the original trend of all black.
Emos now a days typically convey a full range of normal healthy emotions. In fact, I’ve met quite a few that are more upbeat and happy than most people that I know. So the answer to the question is no. You don’t have to be depressed to be emo.
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in my opinion it depends on how you define “emo”
and could everyone stop saying that cutting is a trend, please
my best friend and I are extremely depressed, and cutting has kept us sane
I’m not following a trend, and any one who cuts because others are doing it has some major issues, please don’t refer to my condition as a trend, having people say that hurts a lot.
Cutting is a serious problem and I used to be a cutter as well so I know all about it. I was a cutter long before emos even existed.
The point is that most healthy people do not wake up one morning and decide to deal with their depression by harming themselves. Most people are turned onto it by someone else, either through watching them do it or hearing about them doing it.
I highly doubt that anyone ever starts cutting because they want to follow the trend. They hear that it’s an effective way of dealing with depression, which to an unhealthy degree it is, and they try it out. Once they try it, if they find it effective, they keep doing it. Then it becomes a problem.
If you consider yourself to be emo then you are much more likely to be a cutter than someone who isn’t emo because it’s an acceptable part of the culture. Any time a culture predominately adopts a practice or style it becomes a trend for that culture. Being that cutting is widely practiced by the emo culture has turned it into a trend. That’s just the way that society labels things.
yeah…. I guess you’re right, I get what you’re saying and I agree, my apologies, I kinda flip-out a lot :/
Cutting is a serious problem due to depression. Cutting should not be considered a trend. I use to cut, granted, my parents got me help as soon as possibly, but if it continues, you can get hurt. Once you get help, this “emo” state of mind will be gone. Good luck!
shut up please.
you’re annoying.