Emo

[pirateprinces_dancer]

i think youre trying to say that you don't like fake people. thats why i'm like, i just like some of the music. i actually lova anykind of music that is powerful enough to make me cry. from emo to gospel.

also that you are not one that is labeled, and that you hate the fact that people love to label others. i hate that too. but i will call you whatever you call yourself.

and finally, that if you actually have a reason, like being abused, then its different than doing the whole emo/scene thing because you want to and don't have a reason.

woah not trying to be rude or anything but there is a HUGE difference between emo and scene...Emo is well you all know what it is but scene is like kind of emo but its WAAYYY different...i don't know how to describe it...

 

[Axel]

to quote my ex:

I AM NOT A CAN OF SOUP!

and you can't label me.

I cut. I suffer from depression. I'm not "emo". I've got a facade for school and practice. I hate it when people are all "I'm so emo...I cut sooo much. I hate life. I mean, nobody is real" (yes, that was said to me). I'm not afraid to admit that I cut because it's past me for the most part. I relapse, occasionally. I've thought of killing myself- I've tried, too. But I hate that people keep using something that will haunt me for the rest of my life to gain attention. The poser-"emo"s at my school always write their current bf/gf's name into their arms someplace and then they literally sometimes cut in school. I had a girl in my class freshman year who just whipped out a knife and started cutting for no apparent reason. They're playing on a stereotype that to be "emo" you need to cut and that if you cut, you are "emo".

If anything at all, if absolutely forced to label myself (because I'm the only one who can), I am indescribably inbetween.

 

[pirateprinces_dancer]

^awww....cuting yourself loks painful....i couldn't ever do it....and everyone is "Emo" snce its short for emotional and all....

 

[jbcheerchick93]

Excusez Moi!
where i live, its like scene mixed with emo is how you dress and emo is more how you describe your feelings and the music that you listen to. i have friends that are considered emo, but the ones that arent are the ones that have the problems in their lives.

 

[pirateprinces_dancer]

OMG!!! thats how it is at my schoo!!! although everyone calls me emo...

 

[ComfyinNautica]

I think scene and emo are becoming one thing now. They may not have the same definitions, but most people don't know the difference so they'll just say either or.

I overheard some "scene" kids talking in the hallway at school. They said "like, we're not emo cuz we wear bright colors, emo kids wear dark colors, we're scene cuz we're happy!"

So....I guess that's how it goes over here.

 

[princesskelz]

to quote my ex:

I AM NOT A CAN OF SOUP!

and you can't label me.

i hate ppl that label ppl if i wanna dress nice one day dont call me a Prep or if im not in the mood to get dressed or dont want to wear freckin pink all day dont call me Emo Scene goth!! W/E

 

[jbcheerchick93]

yeah. some of my friends are like, your emo! you wear black! omg!

then i have this one friend that printed this collage thingy that says stuff like you can wear black without being emo, just because you are sad doesn't make you emo, stuff like that.....we put it on our binders

i love it and it is so true! i'm getting into the whole skinny jeans, dark sweatshirts, and old band t-shirts of my dads high school band

some people are like, nooooo you are wayyy tooo happy to be EMO!!
i'm like ummm hello? still happy and not exactly emo over here!

 

[princesskelz]

yeah. some of my friends are like, your emo! you wear black! omg!

Ur friends arent the only ones my Own mother calles me EMO some times and thretens to take me to another Therapist ok go pay 130 bucks a session im not emo GOD!

Wow im glad i got that off my chest

 

[taz]

Around here, anyone that cuts is called emo. I guess thats just what people do?

 

[princesskelz]

Same in My School! i lost a battle with a cat and got cuts on my wrists and for over a year people called me Emo! i think its the Media that has turned a Fashion trend into a Lifestyle

 

[taz]

Same in My School! i lost a battle with a cat and got cuts on my wrists and for over a year people called me Emo! i think its the Media that has turned a Fashion trend into a Lifestyle

Its not that bad though, mainly just a "she is emo" or something like that?

 

[jbcheerchick93]

i think that if you cut for an actual reason (abuse, rape, suicidal thoughts, etc.) then you are emo, but kids that just want the attention are posers.

trust me. i went through just one day of snapping the plastic/metal part of a hair tie against my wrist and i didnt even notice it. it was PSSA week and i got so bored that i just mindlessly did it. apparently my teacher noticed and i had to go to the counselor

my wrist was pretty red though...

 

[princesskelz]

i do that too dont worry

but i wish it was called a Style of music more than a Fashion Trend

 

[jbcheerchick93]

yeahh...that would be so much easier!!

cause like i said before....i know i quote myslef

i love any song that is powerful enough to make me cry.

from gospel to emo to hardcore metal screamo rock

but if i will cry at it, then it was beautifully written

 

[princesskelz]

Amen

 

[jbcheerchick93]

i hear that sista!

 

[ohdisco]

Oh, you are not a weirdo! That came out a lot different than what I meant. I was just using the stereotypes, I don't believe that that girl would actually be a dork or something.

You're not a weirdo, you're really cool.

Haha, aww, thanks! You're really cool too

Emo is creepy but Indie stuff is creepier.

Go listen to Pretty. Odd.
Good 'ol 60's-style rock. Can't go wrong with that.

Well, to defend my favorite music genre...indie is not creepy. There is some very eclectic indie that is somewhat an acquired taste, but most of it is pretty harmless and easy to listen to.

P!ATD is 60's style rock? I only listen to their demo, which was very electronic.

i think that if you cut for an actual reason (abuse, rape, suicidal thoughts, etc.) then you are emo, but kids that just want the attention are posers.

but how are you to know if people cut for an actual reason, or they just want attention? When I was going through everything I was going through, I was very, very secretive about it. I told only people who I could confide in (which actually only consisted of 2 people). I'm a person who tells my mother everything, but she didn't know anything until I finally snapped during my freshman year of college and threatened to kill myself because I couldn't make all the hallucinations and delusions stop.

I believe that ANY kind of cutting, even for attention, should have a note taken. I honestly don't believe there is anybody who cuts just to look cool, or to look a certain way. Even if that's what they tell themselves, or they tell other people, there is always some internal turmoil that is causing them to lash out in that way.

I know that when I would cut (which I did very sparingly, simply because I didn't want to raise any questions), it would just be to center the pain on something physical rather than emotional. I can handle physical pain; emotional pain is just on another level.

Emo and cutting are not synonymous. I don't believe people who cut are Emo. Emo is either a style of music, or it is a fashion that revolves around the style of music. I was in the Emo culture because the music could reflect how I felt. I wasn't happy, so why would I wear bright, vibrant clothing? I had no problem with people knowing I was sad or depressed (because my pale skin coupled my losing extreme amounts of weight and the dark circles under my eyes gave it away pretty easily). I didn't cut because I liked Emo, I cut because I was in pain.

 

[jbcheerchick93]

Well, as you said that you only confided in 1/2 people and that most people are very secretive about it. But i will tell you something about me that you wouldn't know.

If i lived near you and was your friend to any calibur, then you would have told me. I am just that kind of person, a person that,for some reason, people feel they can trust. I have four friends that cut for serious reasons, and i made them get help, one friend who is in a foster home b/c her mom abused her, and one friend that has a dead-beat dad that drinks, and i have three close friends that drink ofr various reasons, not just to party.

I absolutely love everyone of them, and that could never change, but i do have all of them get help in some way. and even though emo and cutting arent synonymous, its the fact that the younger you are the less control you have of how intense the music is, and that can really get to some people.

 

[pirateprinces_dancer]

Who ever said go listen to Pretty. Odd. That is an AMAZING cd that if you didn't know it was PATD you would never expect t and it's really hppy....my dad said it sounded like the Beattles....and yeah indie music isn't creepy...