Ever Feel Like You're Just Wired Differently?

If you've ever felt like no one quite gets the way your brain works—this is for you.

For most of my life, I’ve felt like I was seeing the world through a totally different lens. I’d pick up on things others missed. I’d feel things more deeply. I’d think in ways that didn’t quite match what people around me considered "normal."

And honestly? I spent a long time wondering: “Am I just imagining this?” Or worse: “Is something wrong with me?”

Then I stumbled on the work of a man named Ludwig Wittgenstein. He lived over 100 years ago and was one of the most influential philosophers of the 20th century. But he wasn’t what you’d expect. He was intense. Emotional. Deeply misunderstood. And he spent his life trying to describe the unexplainable.

He said things like:
“The limits of my language mean the limits of my world.”

Reading his work was like hearing my own inner voice reflected back at me.

And then I found out he died on my birthday.

It gave me chills.

This wasn’t just someone I admired. It felt like I had found the source of something I’d been carrying for a long time. Like he dropped a thread, and I picked it up.

But here’s the difference between us: He gave up. He stepped away. He isolated. I won’t.

Because I believe we’re meant to build together. To share our stories. To help each other feel less alone in the weirdness.

So if you’ve ever felt too sensitive, too intense, or just too different—maybe you’re not broken. Maybe you’re carrying something powerful that someone else never got to finish.

And maybe that’s your gift.

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