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Toyosatomimi no Miko is a character in the Touhou Project series introduced in its 13th installment, Ten Desires.
Miko was once Prince Shoutoku, a Japanese leader in the 600s known for promoting Buddhism and streamlining the Japanese government. In the Touhou lore, she was visited by Taoist hermit Seiga Kaku, who had heard about Miko’s longing for immortality. Seiga introduced her to Taoism, but she rejected it as a religion unfit for placating an entire country. She was intrigued by its promise of immortality, however, and privately converted to it, advocating for Buddhism to keep Japan stable. After drinking an “immortality elixir” (mercury sulfide), however, she was forced to let go of her body and become a supernatural hermit like Seiga, notably taking on the form of a woman, making her a canonically trans character (
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After convincing a hermit from a rival clan (Mononobe no Futo) to sleep without decaying, Miko followed in suit, waiting for a time where a Taoist Japan would revive her in search of guidance. However, Buddhist monks were able to keep her mausoleum sealed, and the legends surrounding her were slowly brushed off- which led to her transportation into Gensokyo, where the folklore of old is a reality of everyday life.
When she awoke in Gensokyo, it was right after Buddhist monk Byakuren Hijiri opened her own temple, however, leading to a surge of divine spirits across the realm, setting up the events of Ten Desires.
What look like headphones on her are canonically earmuffs- Shoutoku was allegedly able to discern between ten questions asked at once, an ability carried by Miko (although with her enhanced abilities, she can also analyze each person and determine their inner desires (thus the title of the game))- although it means her hearing is highly sensitive and has to be muffled to prevent pain.
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Feels like I've been stuck figuring out wtf to do with my life ever since I turned 18. I've made some progress within in the past few years, but I'm still missing the bigger picture. I think the main reason for this is because I've mostly just been alone in my room either gaming or scrolling through social media. I've lost interest in gaming this past year, but now I'm just on social media all day instead. Not exactly an improvement.
I need to actually get out there and try stuff out, explore who I really am as a person. But that means leaving my comfort zone. It's really difficult, and I haven't been able to do it before, so I'm doing something different now by going to therapy. It might be what's needed for me to start moving forward again.
This is a big mood.
I feel like I've just kind of isolated myself in my room and stagnated for so long that idk who I even am.
Exactly. And for me it's turned into this awful cycle where the isolation makes my mental health worse, which in turn makes it even harder for me to stop isolating myself. I need to find a way to break that cycle, somehow.
I always figured I'd be dead before 30, like in a car crash nothing self inflicted.
Now I'm past 30, it feels weird. I never accounted for any of this.
The best thing you could do is get off social media or limit your time on it (set an alarm or block the sites if that helps, plenty of extensions to do that through a browser even). Maybe look for other hobbies to fill your time, that will give you something more to aim for and feel a little more productive without having to push yourself too hard.
I'll give it a try, but in the past I've just kinda ignored self-imposed limits like that. Maybe it will be different now. And I do have some new hobbies I want to try, once I get the money to buy the equipment I need. Until then I could always try going on more hikes, I guess.
It can be hard to break your current routine hence having some methods to help do that. Even just set some limits and fill some of the time with something else, could be hiking, reading or drawing or anything just to break you out of the current cycle.
If you can break the current cycle it should help a lot