First of all, you can be connected to animals or want to express yourself in an animal-like way without being a therian. There are SO many other subcultures/labels/identities that might fit, and that you should take a look at. It's also possible to be both a therian AND a furry/believe in spirit guides/whatever. See here: https://www.reddit.com/r/Therian/comments/18zwj67/a_big_post_about_other_animalrelated/

Second, even if you are a therian, not everything in your life needs to be explained by therianthropy.

As an example: let's say you identify as a cat therian, and believe this is due to a past life. But you also have a phobia of spiders. These two things can both be true, and don't need be connected. It doesn't need to mean you have an additional theriotype that is typically eaten by spiders (like an insect). It doesn't need to mean that you died by a venomous spider bite in your cat life. Arachnophobia is quite common among humans, and we all have a bunch of human personality traits too! So chances are, you are just afraid of spiders in the same way as anyone can be.

Another example: You identify as a wolf therian. But you also experience mysterious pains in your shoulders, and visualise this as wings. Does this mean you have phantom wings? That your theriotype is not a normal wolf, but is actually some kind of mythological winged kintype?!
Or, the simpler explanation: You have something physical going on, such as strained neck muscles. And you since you are already used to imagining yourself as non-human, you visualise that pain as phantom wings. But please, check out possible mundane causes for pain and physical discomfort first. See a doctor. Check your posture. Get a massage.

Back when I joined the therian community, I used to cringe at the amount of spiritual and new-age posts. But I've noticed that lately, there have been some posts where people talk about being spiritually drawn towards something... And assume that means they have a particular kintype. But you can be spiritually connected to something without it being otherkinity/therianthropy! In neo-paganism, it's super common to be drawn towards nature or even a particular natural phenomenon, and it's treated as a call to worship or "work with" that. Feel drawn towards the moon? Great! Observe the moon's cycles, maybe even celebrate the full moon! Feel drawn towards the ocean? Amazing, read up about the sea in different myths, volunteer for beach clean-up, go visit the local aquarium. There are so many things you can try out. Just surfing social media and overthinking stuff isn't as helpful as going out and doing something IRL.

Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar. Don't jump the therianthropy as an explanation to everything you experience.