Emo? What is emo?

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‘Emo-ism’

Okay, as the topic might have suggested I am in no doubt going to talk about being emotional or otherwise known as emo.
First of all, what is emo? Is it an aspect of one’s subconscious mind conjuring up massive feelings of sadness and anguish so much so that the body breaks down and obvious shunting to a desolated corner would overrule all other productive forms of work? Or is simply a choice for the victim to choose from the dark recesses of the incomprehensible human mind? Whatever is the reason, be it an alien strand of neuron infecting virus or just a simple mind over matter, we shall delve into that soon enough.

The definition of emo can definitely be thought to be unnervingly consequential but alas I am here to albeit prove that slightly false. As emo is by no doubt that it is not in the common dictionary an individual must seek the answer through their own mind. My own definition perhaps is the situation where one finds all else of no degree of excitement and thus feels compelled to reduce oneself to an almost ethereal form, seemingly unsure of what to do or simply becoming non-existent. The person who is emo would also erect this invisible but strong barrier around him or herself psychologically and radiate this immense sense of grief to an extraordinary extent until all who are caught in it are disturbed and are also dragged most of the time unwillingly into the emosphere as I call it. People who notice this would normally have a sudden urge to inquire about that person either through direct or indirect contact. Direct contact would usually result in an unprecedented rejection by words, physical rejection could also result. Indirect contact would inevitably result in a whopping amount of speculations and thus also resulting in a nil answer.

Moving past the definition part, the whole damned reason people emo is what bothers everyone. Face it; we succumb to curiosity stupidly at every important juncture wondering why that person is emo-ing is something which just spring up upon us like a cat after you stepped on its tail. It is usually part of human nature to ask questions. I mean like who on earth doesn’t? Unless you are the smartest thing on earth which a large brain or the dumbest vegetable rotting, I do not see why you wouldn’t ask questions. So you say you ask it out of concern for that person, fair enough, but you know as well as I do you are just curious.
Okay, reasoning time. What can be the reasons for emo-ing?

1) Sadness. Yep, you said it: Sadness. One word sums it all up, be it you lost your dearest handphone or your pet monkey died, it is all the same. Human beings have emotions and everyone gets sad, it is just how you portray or express these emotions that matters. One can choose to hide one’s feelings, tell jokes to cover up or, in this matter, just emo. It is scary when you see your friend skulking in a corner or doing some sadistic catwalk alone in the front or back. It pains you to just wonder what on earth is happening to him though you already know he got dumped by his stead or his pet monkey died. Being sad leads you to emo but you do have a choice but remember, being emo doesn’t mean you are sad.

2) Pure boredom. Yes, everyone knows what ‘sian’ is and extremely ‘sian’ is not for the faint hearted. From reasons pertaining to lost of heart, your pet monkey died, a droning teacher who speaks in alien tongue or just ultimate ‘been-there-done-that’ attitude, it all results in either emo or just plain solidification. Now I shall take the chance to clarify some issues between stoning and emo-ing. Stoning first of all is just simply halting your brain activity so that it is near nil; so as to save the neurons in between you brain all the manual labor, thus allowing rest and relaxation. Now I know, seeing your friend cast in stone could make you think he is emo-ing as he would be lagging behind at every junction almost getting rammed by a wannabe driver with a ‘fast and furious’ décor but let me tell you something; it is different. And the only difference is perhaps their attitude, if you call upon your friend to wake up or ask him a question, the one who is stoning would seem to take a express train from lala land back and seem to wake with a startle while as in the case of emo-ing they would just reply with an irritating ‘been-there-twice-over’ kind of attitude which pisses you off. Dragging us back to the topic, why is boredom a reason for emo? Okay, its simple, when you are bored you will think about the things you could have done in that time-frame even if some of the ‘you-could-have-done’ stuff wouldn’t have been done anyway. But the urge is there and we all know it, if you are denied something and forced to attend something godforsaken then I think that you will feel so frustrated and stressed that you will just breakdown and emo.

3) Next, Stress. One word to rule them all. It is the very reason computer games and beds were invented. Face it, if smoking kills, stress would be a golden ticket to the 13th level of hell, not that I am encouraging you guys to go smoke, it’s just a comparison. Stress can be attained from an exceptionally wide array of reasons ranging from: you have three common test tomorrow and you haven’t studied, you have two common test tomorrow and you have a CCA which burns your afternoon away like burning rubbish in Switzerland or it could be that you have a common test tomorrow but you cannot study since you have to attend your pet monkey’s funeral. Besides these reasons, it could be that you lost your billabong wallet, smashed your new N90 Nokia phone on the accursed boulevard or it could be that you have waited a heck of a long time to buy a necklace for that special girl’s birthday tomorrow but another girl you like just asked to out to late dinner. Stress could just compress your brain literally and figuratively like a steel beam bending under the weight of a massive and colossal object (your mother). This much pressure can make you snap like a high tension wire, the backlash would shatter your mind and crush your heart making everything seem obsolete and the hundred and ninety percent attention driven towards your problem would aid in your destruction and therefore making you emo.

4) Outcast-ed, exiled, excluded, banished or ‘tao-ed’. These things are the paradoxical sustenance of emo-ism. They aid in emo-ing and yet they feed on it. Something like a reverse mushroom doing photosynthesis. The causes are common and simple yet devastating. From being utterly ignored, having no friends and no one to talk to cause your pet monkey died to being the bane of everyone’s one’s existence or just irritating any girl you talk to, or boy for that matter. There are definitely prior causes to that but maybe I shall elaborate on it some other far and distant time where World of Warcraft is made free to all. Now, aside from dreaming, everyone hates to be left out. Everyone wants to be included in that joke and not be the joke. Everyone wants to go watch that movie instead of sitting at home chatting with ‘smarter child’ on the MSN. Everyone wants to be popular deep down inside and wanted if not just noticed, and not noticed just because someone else pulled your pants down during assembly. However, if you are an outcast and usually find yourself acting all important and a big-shot or you find yourself forcing yourself into the company of others then I think the chances of you being emo is pretty darn high. When being ostracized one tends to feel that no one in the world cares about you and your family members just seem to make things worse and don’t forget that students spend more time in school than at home (actively). You would most likely feel that that group of people laughing are laughing at you or that you are born into this world to just die. The subsequent effects are usually gets worse and worse and are unfortunately exponential. It’s like the snowball effect where the snowball just gets bigger and bigger as it rolls picking up more snow along the rumble. A simple cycle could perhaps be: John goes to school, gets his pants pulled down in front of everybody, the joke of everybody for that day and feels sad and tries to hide himself. Next day, he comes to school and is still the joke of everybody, people laugh and mock him around every corner, he feels anguished but hides his emotions and albeit himself. Next day, he goes to school and is once again teased, no the anger built inside is unleashed and he breaks one of his tormentor’s nose, he is then brought to the discipline master’s office and from then on is classified as a dangerous person, people outcast him. This cycle continues and increases by a huge amount as more silly things happen to him until it reaches a point where life is meaningless and there is nothing left for John. Right here, in shows usually there would be some kind girl or boy for that matter who comes along and aids him and gives him moral support and defends him from the other students but in reality it might not be the case. It is difficult not to be emo when ostracized, and this reason could be the most lethal and deadly and most of all, incurable.

5) Attention. No, that is not a foot drill command though it yields as much power as it. This reason I personally feel that it is the stupidest and the most disgusting reason to ‘emo’. Notice that I used inverted commas, people who emo just to attract attention or make people care for them is utterly despicable and that it is not the true emo. Nothing much can be said about this other than it is even more despicable than robbing a blind beggar or perhaps sleeping with your best friend’s daughter or son for that matter. If anyone tries this don’t be fooled or be a victim of their lust for attention. How to differentiate? You can’t not if that person is a grade ‘A’ actor but if otherwise notice how depressed he is or if he laughs at your random jokes and for that spilt second he is happy but soon he goes back emo-ing. Or you could try to see whether he is putting in effort to emo, asking you to shut up or stuff like that. You can also see if he is emo if you try to establish contact but he shrugs you off. It is obvious he wants the attention. Ways to see if that person is emo really is a situational thing and kind of personal so if you think that guy is not pretending then you better give him some alone time.
So that is practically the reasons of emo, summing everything up emo is definitely not an art, neither is an normal human emotion nor is it some fantastic ways of getting attention or acting cool but it is an result of the human mind. Knowing this, it can be safe to say that you can control oneself from emo-ing and thus stay happy. Remember emo is NOT a good thing. It irritates everyone and it outcasts yourself and turns you sunny day grey.

P.S No monkeys were harmed in this production.

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