— Maybe You’re Just Wired Differently
Deck to Page #17
Deck: Mindful Souls ‘Soul Bridges’
Category: Express = Share what makes you, you.
Prompt: “What fictional character do you strangely identify with?”
When I first sat with this prompt, I expected a name to come easily.
It didn’t.
Instead, I felt drawn to a world.
It felt like a Soul Bridge between who I’ve always been and who I finally had language for.
I kept thinking about the characters from X-Men — not one specific mutant, not one specific power, not one single storyline.
Just… the experience of them as a whole.
And that actually told me more about myself than picking a neat, recognizable name ever could.
Because the X-Men aren’t just superheroes.
They’re gifted.
They’re different.
They’re misunderstood.
They’re powerful in ways that don’t fit into normal systems or categories.
They don’t get to choose their abilities.
They don’t always get celebrated for them.
And they often have to learn how to live in a world that doesn’t quite know what to do with who they are.
That part landed.
And then something Sheri said on the Bob & Sheri Show made it land even more.
In the Can You Believe This segment on 1-23-26, she shared a story about being “gifted” — and how if you were never tested, how would you ever know?
There are probably countless people walking around right now who are gifted in their own way…
but were never identified.
Never encouraged.
Never given language for what came naturally to them.
So they just live their lives thinking:
I’m normal.
I’m average.
I’m nothing special.
But the flip side of that is more complicated.
Some people are highly sensitive.
Highly intuitive.
Highly perceptive.
Deeply empathetic.
And they don’t know it.
They don’t have a framework for what they’re experiencing.
They don’t have a name for why they feel more than others.
They don’t have context for why environments, moods, or energy shifts affect them so strongly.
So instead of thinking:
This is a strength.
They think:
What is wrong with me?
Why do I feel different?
Why do I feel out of place?
Why do I feel overwhelmed by things that don’t seem to bother anyone else?
Some start to feel broken.
Some start to feel abnormal.
Some start to quietly wonder if something is wrong with them.
Not because anything is wrong with them —
but because no one has ever explained what might actually be right.
Until one day…
Someone comes along who has the language.
The awareness.
The ability to say:
You’re not broken.
You’re not too much.
You’re not imagining this.
You’re wired differently.
And what you’ve been experiencing can be understood, worked with, and even honored.
That moment changes everything for them.
Because what once felt like a liability…
suddenly starts to look like a capacity.
Gentle Insight
Sometimes the truth isn’t a name.
Sometimes it’s a pattern.
Sometimes it’s a whole universe that mirrors your inner world more accurately than a single fictional personality ever could.
The fact that I couldn’t choose one X-Men character is part of the answer.
It says:
My gifts don’t fit into one box.
My identity isn’t one archetype.
My expression isn’t meant to be simplified.
And it also says something else:
I recognize the ones who don’t know who they are yet.
Deck to Page Writing Prompt
“What fictional character, world, or story universe do I strangely identify with — and what does that reveal about how I experience the world differently?”
If you want to go deeper:
- What part of that story feels familiar?
- What kind of character do I keep resonating with?
- What experiences have I had that once made me feel ‘too much’ or out of place?
- Who helped me understand what I was actually experiencing?
- What part of me now helps others make sense of their own differences?
Closing Reflection
Not being able to name one character wasn’t a failure.
It was clarity.
It was precision.
It was my intuition saying:
I am more than one label.
I am more than one role.
I am more than one way of being.
And maybe…
you are too.
Especially if you’ve ever felt out of place.
Too sensitive.
Too different.
Too much.
Maybe you weren’t broken.
Maybe you were just wired differently.
I’m genuinely curious what fictional characters you identify with — and why.
Not in a surface-level way.
In the deeper, emotional way.
Because the characters we’re drawn to often reveal something about who we are, how we’re wired, and what we’ve always known about ourselves on some level — even before we had the language for it.
I have a feeling your answer might surprise you too.
Theresa
Flexible Being
Empowering Your Journey to Healing, Clarity, and Self-Discovery.
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Theresa Martinez-Shapiro
Hello! I am Theresa Martinez-Shapiro; Wife to Robert. Founder of Flexible Being. A Master Reiki Therapist, Certified Oracle Guide, Spiritual Mentor/Guide, Intuitive Empath, Coach, and Educator. I am a fur mom to 3 cats and 1 dog – Sonny, Patches, Ryelee, and Winnie. We currently live and practice in Stockton, California. We operate three businesses – Shapiro Holistic Health and Chiropractic, Fusion Health APC, and Synergy Health MSO, where we seek to improve and change the lives of our patients and those we have the privilege of crossing paths with. My healing and mentoring journey began around 5 years old when I discovered that I was put on this planet to help others. I knew I was different, unique, and gifted. I did not see the world the same way everyone else did, and recognized I was meant to do so much more. I began to research, spending a lot of time reading & asking a lot of questions to anyone that wanted to share stories about their life experiences. I am a dreamer and had a unique relationship with the dream world. My very real, vivid & lucid dreams began turning into out-of-body experiences and unexplained occurrences. I began doing my own dream interpretations to look for patterns & a new way of deciphering life. Family members were part of many different religions, so I was educated in Catholicism, Buddhism, Metaphysics, and Native American culture & beliefs. Along the way, I took up multiple mentors that cultivated my growth and expansion of my gifts, allowing me to focus on my potential and purpose. As an adult, coworkers were unloading their life stories, internal secrets, and things that had not been shared or even spoken out loud. I began to share those experiences with my aunt & Reiki Master/Teacher, Carmen. In 2012, Carmen told me, “I think you are ready to walk the path I always knew you were meant to walk”. That saying began my obsessive journey into Reiki, Spirituality, Psychology, Intuition and Psychic gifts, Meditation and Mindfulness, Past Lives, Consciousness, Energy Medicine, Mysteries of the Universe, Moon and Sun cycles, Astrology, Numerology, Oracle Cards, Shamanism, & so much more. My journey has helped me to assist patients, clients, families, and friends discover who they have been, who they are, and who they want to become. I am expanding my reach and educating others by authoring Musings of a Flexible Being, and I look forward to sharing my journey with you. Thank you! Theresa Martinez-Shapiro Flexible Being Website: www.flexiblebeing.com Socials: Facebook: @flexiblebeingonline Instagram:@theresamartinezshapiro Instagram: @flexiblebeing
