I don't think this is a misunderstanding at all, in fact i wish more people would think it.

hey the guy that makes these coments has nearly got yes goth is a state of mind and takes alot of thought to get their only smart intelectual people become goths with a goth state of mind they are true goths.

Actually scarlettdraelynkhar, goth can be a state of mind. A lot of goths are obsessed with darkness. But that is not always such of a bad thing that it is made out to be. It is not only from the music that this so called subculture has grown to love, but it is also about the sense of being misunderstood, betrayed, angry, and being looked down upon. Every goth probably has a different idea of this theory. But that is just what it is. A theory.

Goth is not a state of mind. It is not about an obsession with darkness, a way of thinking, or anything else. Instead, the goth subculture grew from music and remains, mostly, about the music. The term goth was coined in 1979 by the manager of Joy Division and now represents a group of people who are followers of the genre of music (now quite diverse) who also tend to share similar tastes in appearance and other cultural artifacts as well as general lifestyle preferences.