Lets face it, as a human race everyone is 'Emo'. Because we are an emotionally charged species this is unavoidable, it’s the degree of emo-ness that gets to be problematic. Everyone has bad days, and it helps to vent and let off steam, everyone sometimes goes through bad periods in their lives that it seems that everything is crumbling around them. This is fine. This is not emo, unless you repeatedly make topics about such every couple weeks on whatever forum you are chatting. If this happens it might be best if you seek professional help from a therapist, as it might mean you are spiraling towards depression.
When emo-ness becomes a problem is when it borders into drama-queen land. I am sorry ladies, but Drama-Queen sounds much better then Drama-King for those males out there who are every bit as attention whores as women.
My issue is when do we know when we have crossed the line of having a bad day, to needing attention and needing people to pity us? Is it something in people's psyche that just makes them actually feel like a victim? Makes them feel as if the whole world is against them?
Or is it the advent of chatting, where one feels lost in a world full of people, when before Internet everyone had just those around them. The need to feel special, need of special titles, the need to have everyone patting them on the back and saying "good Job" and if that does not work they fill in the pats and good jobs with hugs and "Oh Poor you".
Now I am not saying those who I spoke of early, those who might need to seek help as being Drama-Queens. I myself battle depression as well as hormonal deficiencies due to hyperthyroidism, on top of good old pregnancy hormones. I can tell you from a fact that a hug, a special message of someone saying "I am thinking of you" is needed and much helpful. What I am saying is that those who are dramatic to be dramatic make those who do suffer from depression afraid to seek help from friends and the community for fear of being seen as dramatic.