Teen Gothic

I spent most of my life repressing my autistic wants, needs, and ways of self-expression purely because I was told it would make neurotypical people "like me more" and "be less uncomfortable around me." Now that's over. I'm done with that shit.

At goth clubs I don't make facial expressions if I don't want to, stim in public, am not shamed for my "weird" interests, tell people they absolutely cannot touch me, am encouraged to truly feel and express my intense emotions, dress however the hell I want, and truly be myself without judgement. These safe spaces have made me grateful beyond words. Thank you all for being in this lovely community.

I made 2 other autistic goth friends, and we did the most ridiculous full body stimming (that could barely be described as dancing) for 5 hours straight with nothing but encouragement from those around us (: The very idea of stimming through bouncing, stomping, having t-rex hands/loud hands/raptor arms (which are very goth with certain dance moves), and flapping my hands in public even to a mild extent horrified me for years, but look where I am now! Confident and so happy

If there are any other goth autistic people in this sub, please share your stories and experiences (: <3

I no longer see the post from the person who was escaping from their abusive partner on Wednesday evening. Does anyone have an update on whether they made it out okay? 🥺

Do any other autistic goths feel this way? I feel like alot of autistic traits are just seen as goth stereotypes to most people. One example is that one of my biggest special interest is horror. Normally people would be like "Why do you know so much about violent media? You're a freak…" While with me they go "Ofc you like that stuff just look at you" along with many other autistic traits being seen as stereotypes such as barely emoting or being touch averse. And thats not even mentioning the fact that goth dancing is peak stimming. I feel like being goth gives autistic people a good excuse to unmask because we don't have to worry about being seen as weird if society at large already does.

I’ll be going to Michigan (around Ann Arbor) next weekend to visit a friend and celebrate my birthday. I’m looking for anything weird, creepy or spooky to do while I’m there. I really love oddity shops, horror novels, macabre art, clothing stores, dispensaries, occult stores etc.

Dm me!:)

Hi,, my sister is gothic and in love with platform style shoes (ex Demonias), but she is disabled and is unable to wear shoes that don’t directly support her ankles. Is there any other shoes or brands that have shoes accessorised like Demonias but aren’t platform?