You were obsessed with Hot Topic

Fingerless gloves and fishnet stockings galore!

You wanted a lip piercing but were also lowkey a little grossed out by them

We're attracted to what scares us most.

You begged your parents to let you dye and cut your hair

While they wouldn't let you get full-out scene hair, bangs were a good start.

You secretly wore eyeliner to school

But you stuck to just eye makeup for a while, because black lipstick was a little too edgy for you to pull off yet.

You searched for every possible loophole in your school’s uniform

What do you mean I can't wear my Dr. Martens to gym class?

You owned a couple pairs of ripped skinny jeans

They just went so perfectly with all those black hoodies and quirky t-shirts.

You spent a lot of time making your Tumblr account way more aesthetic than you could ever be

Since family members and school administrators couldn't understand you, spending hours unleashing on the internet was the greatest escape.

You found the South Park goths hilarious

Those episodes where they burnt down the Hot Topic and chased out the vampire kids were truly iconic.

Seeing this art brings back some deeply-rooted memories

You lived for the iconic Tim Burton/Johnny Depp/Helena Bonham Carter trio

In retrospect, Alice in Wonderland definitely wasn't a great movie, but you still saw it in theaters twice.

You knew every lyric to Evanescence's “Bring Me to Life”

WAKE ME UP INSIDE

You took a strong stance in the Harry Potter vs. Twilight debate

It mattered, okay?!

You took offense when people labeled you as the “goth” kid

We're not goth. We're just misunderstood.