A goth mind set usually is more like a way of life rather than a way of dress.The way of life resides in the darkened of a lost soul.
Goth unashamedly celebrates the dark recesses of the human psyche. Dark sensuality, sweeping sadness, morbid fascination, forbidden love, the beauty of enduring paint. You cant tell how much a goth person is. The only simple solution to who goth is and who isnt is through the understanding and acceptance that a goth is never made.
A true goth is obdurates the heart from weak emotions.
Ah yes indeed. But this is beauty of goth. Goth are like any other people. However when you are already have reputation, going for the shock factor is often too far too tempting to see how much society at large scaleis willing to believe (or deduce) with only little encouragement.
Many people lead unachieved lives. And that's SAD. Goth makes depression and angst lifestyle choice, and that's ART.
Most people become goths because the way they want to live their lives does not fit in with how most people are told to live theirs.