Dear Parent,

If you are reading this because your child is getting involved in the Gothic lifestyle, and are worried about their mental health, let don't expect me to put your mind at rest. Because you SHOULD be worried. You should be very worried. Because it is only a matter of time before your child takes their own life, or that of others. Let me tell you the facts -

In 1996 the highly acclaimed 'New Scientist' published a survey carried out on 1,258 young people, aged 11, 13, 15 and 19. The results were shocking. It showed that a massive 53% of Goths had self harmed or self mutilated, and even more disturbing, a terrifying 47% of Goths had attempted suicide. Not just thought about it, not just contemplated it, actually ATTEMPTED IT.

http://www.theherald.co.uk/news/60077.html 

Are those statistics you feel comfortable with? Can you really gamble with your child's life when almost half of Goths have tried to kill themselves? You probably think like most parents probably do, that 'oh it won't happen to me' and 'this is just a phase they are going through'. Well think again, because your child is probably in very real danger here. 47%. Almost half of Goths have attempted to take their own lives. That is a cold hard fact.

And from the statistics, more than half a million teenagers a year commit suicide. That's nearly two thousand a day, and Goth children are the highest percentage.  Is it really worth risking your child's life? You think it won't happen to you, and so did probably 1,000s of other parents who’s children have just become statistics to the suicide obsessed society that is Goth.

So let's get one thing straight. Goth is dangerous. Very dangerous. If your child is mixing in Gothic circles, you need to put a stop to it. And fast. It is sad to see younger and younger children being sucked into its world of sin, paranoia and pain. Self-harm is usually the first sign you should be worried about. Goth is a culture that makes suicide cool and cutting yourself the 'in' thing. So many gothic children attempting suicide, slitting their wrists because their friends encourage it and their gothic idols make suicide a viable and attractive option. Goths use extreme peer pressure to push children into self harming, and many begin cutting themselves just to be accepted with the friends. And so it begins, the slippery slope to suicide. Just like their heroes like Cobain, Curtis, and the very nature of their lives, surrounding themselves with evil images, horror movies, dressing in black like they are attending a funeral. If you live your life like every day is your funeral how could you not come to an irrational conclusion? By the very nature of the Gothic subculture is what causes children to harm themselves. It is disgusting.

Your child may well start showing signs of a violent nature, and this may lead to long-term mental problems if it is not caught soon enough. You need to help your child to realise that anti-social behaviour is not normal, and she should embrace life with both hands, at that age she could be a cheer-leader or dress in bright happy colours and attract the right kind of friends. The kind of friends who would not abuse her, brainwash her into being a mindless Goth sheep who hates the world. If she opened her eyes she would see God has given us a wonderful world and she could be so much more.

The best advice I can give you is to be vigilant. Talk to your child. Read her the Bible. Take her to church. Tell your children every day how much you love them. Be their friend. Let them know you are there for them. It really sickens me what these Gothic predators and sick Gothic peer groups do to innocent children.

But suicide is just one alternative, you also have its ugly alter ego. For one cannot exist without the other. I speak of homicide.

Sigmund Freud, the acclaimed psychologist, stated that 'suicide is the mirror of homicide', that one could not exist without the other. They were two parts of the same beast intimately connected. Suicidal thoughts could turn into homicidal thoughts in a blink of an eye. Meaning that all suicidal teens have homicidal tendencies. Maybe that explains why many suicides try to take other people with them, or form suicide pacts. Then we have a society like Goth where almost half have attempted suicide.

Taking these facts to their logical conclusion, can we then assume that 47% of Goths are homicidal? Well I’d say the evidence would suggest this percentage is considerably higher, given than many Goths who commit murder are not suicidal at all. Just obsessed with Satanism, death, murder, vampirism, serial killers, violent video games, role-playing games, Hitler and drug abuse.