Goblin Mode. If you dabble on the ‘ol Tik Tok, you may be familiar with this term. Simply, it means ditching societal norms in favor of embracing the feral crusty unhinged creature within.

If you’re anything like me, you’ve likely been fighting Goblin Mode all your life. Ever since I was thrust into the public school system I knew that I was a little weirdo. Mostly due to the other kids telling me, “Becca, you’re a weird weirdo.” It also didn’t help that I started 7th grade in a wheelchair with a giant lump on my shoulder caused by a scoliosis surgery gone wrong. Honestly, having scoliosis probably wasn’t doing me any favors at all.

Pictured: Me, full Goblin Mode unleashed.

I spent the majority of my adolescence fighting the label of “WEIRD GIRL.” I straightened my thick, frizzy hair. I wore…*shudders* Hollister and Abercrombie. I said things like, “Guys, I’m totally normal! Nothing weird to see here! I definitely don’t lock my sims in a room without doors and watch them starve…that’d be super weird, right guys??” Despite my best efforts, my peers saw through my ruse. My goblin continued to peek its crusty head out.

But in all seriousness, growing up in the 2000s, being at all different was not easy. Glee didn’t come out until I was halfway through high school and until then it really was a no-man’s land for anyone with a single personality quirk. I’ve got a lot of old diary entries that read something like “I’LL NEVER FIT IN BECAUSE EVERYONE CAN TELL I’M A TOTAL FREAK AND SO I’LL ALWAYS BE ALONE, MY LIFE SUCKS” followed by some vague Evanescence lyrics.

As a certified Goblin Girl, I can tell you that denying your inner feral gremlin can only cause you pain and hold you back from meeting people that will love, accept, and howl at the moon with you. What does Goblin Mode mean? It means:

Binge-watching Real Housewives while drinking merlot straight out the bottle
Dropping a scone on the floor of your local cafe, picking it up, stuffing it in your mouth
Sending unhinged riddles or conspiracy theories to Hinge matches for the thrill
Falling asleep without washing your face and then wearing your leftover makeup the next day
Full-on sobbing at a bookstore, and pretending nobody can tell because you have sunglasses on
Worshipping Guy Fieri as the deity He is
Naming the rat you find in your dumpster
Most of all, it means unapologetically being yourself. I think that’s pretty awesome.

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