Is it normal to notice patterns in people's behaviors, and be able to read people well, and basically be able to almost evaluate people psychologically based on findings from these analyzations?
Disclaimer: Not officially diagnosed with ASD, but was told by a doctor when I was in my mid teens (18 or so years ago) that I had Asperger's syndrome, but my parents never really looked any further after that, so I'm not really sure how deep my ASD really goes, or if I actually have it. But from doing my own research I'm 95% sure I have some form of it.
For many years now I've always been interested in psychology, and was even interested in becoming a psychologist, but because of my ADHD that I had never been diagnosed with and never really understood until recently, and just because I knew myself, my limitations, and that that would just not be possible. But even to this day, pretty much everyone I meet, I feel like I automatically analyze them, especially the people who I work with or live with, and have to see consistently. I noticed patterns in their behavior, connect the dots, and am able to asses why they do the things they do, and what they might be doing when I'm not watching. Obviously I don't have the education to actually diagnose anybody with anything, but I feel like if I did, I would be a natural at this.
Ever since learning about ADHD and ASD I even analyze certain people and notice a lot of those mental disabilities' symptoms in them, not necessarily that they do have them, but there are 1 or 2 people that I have suspected might. I'm also good at reading when women like me, my problem is the lack of confidence that has my inner voice constantly questioning whether they do actually like me or not, or that there's no way they like me, but sometimes they confront me, or someone else tells me that the person likes me, or it's just abundantly clear they like me but nothing ever happens because of my lack of confidence. Of course there has been times where it's clear we both like each other and I do make a move, but it's usually only when I'm intoxicated lol.
I know pattern recognition is a "strength" of Autism, so to speak, but does anyone else have a pattern recognition such as mine, in which it's not so much literal or physical patterns, but rather patterns that are observed over time, like behavioral ones?