very strange question

[Xila31]

Okay, I just have to ask this because it is bothering me and maybe some of you might know or have experienced this.

I work on the 2nd floor of the building and I always take the stairs. Today when I got to work I was going up the stairs and I noticed a pair of lady's black gloves had been dropped. They were rolled together like socks, and the cuffs of the gloves were this sort of grayish brown fuzzy stuff.

I thought, "I should pick those up and put them at the reception desk for lost and found."

But, before I could bend down to pick them up I was looking at the fuzzy brown cuffs and they reminded me of porcupines. Suddenly I was afraid of the gloves and unable to pick them up because they were too much like porcupines and I didn't want to touch them or be near them. I mean, it really freaked me out. So I just left them there. A few minutes later I was walking past reception and the gloves were sitting on the counter. My co-worker asked me if they were my gloves, and I said no, but thinking inside "I would never have those porcupine gloves!"

Now, I keep thinking about my reaction and it bothers me. I know they are gloves, not porcupines, so I shouldn't have reacted that way. I don't understand why I reacted to them like that. Anyone have anything similar happen? Am I just a weird person? I don't know.

[braccio]

No, you're not weird.  I've had plenty of times when I am driving that I think a tree looks like something else or a tire in the road looks like a dog.  It makes me feel different, but I figure that with the medicine it can affect my thinking and brain functions.

[Xila31]

That's good to know. I told my husband about it and he was just like, "Uhm... okay?" I mostly just told him so he would know about it, you know, just in case. It made me feel weird, that's for sure. What meds are you on? Right now I am only taking lithium.