I've noticed similarities between Goth Teens. It is mostly high-stress lives with moving, changing friends, and other issues causing grief. There might be a retaliation against society, yet not always. Anti-social behavior is not the main problem.
It creates a state of mind that last forever. I have friends and it is possible to move past basic conversation quickly. Everyone knows friends abandon each other to start a new relationship. Everyone will have to go off on their own for an unknown amount of time to establish themselves with work and education. There are a lot of social norms between Goths.
Even wearing black has a relationship to early exposure of deciding to do in a professional career while still in elementary school. It is standard to look more conservative and reliable by wearing black or dark clothing in most professions. Even when I was young, I was not really thinking about looking like a Goth as much as noticing the advice for Teens who are looking for jobs or wanting to be taken seriously.
To think all of that just disappears after a certain age is ridiculous.
I wonder if New Order is considered Goth. It is one of my favorite bands.
True Faith:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1mpqmUi75mI