They DON'T call themselves emo, that's my point, but so many people use the word emo in comepletely the wrong way that it just loses it's meaning.
If you have long hair, you're emo.
If you listen to rock/metal, you're emo.
If you wear dark clothes, you're emo.
If you happen to be upset, you're emo.
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I agree with what you say about real depression, but again, people just don't understand the problem.
One of my dearest friends, nicest person you could ever meet, her mum was killed and her dad has an anger/drinking probelm, everyone gave her shit through her entire school life, and she was so close to killing herself because she thought it was all her fault. When people laugh at you, because you don't have a mother, and make jokes about you, because you're Dad is a violent drunk. That sort of stuff rips you up from the inside.
It's bad enough to watch someone going through it, but actually having to live through it? That's torture.
Sure, what most people say to me, I can laugh it off and tell them to **** off. But that's because I know that I just look different, and have different tastes and intrests.
If you have a background that's been charred and ripped up by anger and sadness, it's hard to get over.
If people under REAL depression get called emos, it makes them feel even worse.
People are built of different morals and beliefs, some can shake it off, some can't.
Lay off the people who can't take it.
