Visual obsessiveness

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I got also the problem of checking everything that is in a room even if I'm not waiting.
Really problematic, and remember that not only ASD have this problem, NTs have also that problem ; remember, male NTs like to look at a woman's cleavage and then, from the day on, they dream of this woman's boobs.

Yes. Sometimes it takes a while to realise why I'm staring at it, even though it's obvious, e.g. it's something I love, like and old bicycle or a bus. Sometimes I just cannot stop looking at these things for a while (not that long though, but it's like my eyes are stuck there). I used to love camouflage things and I'd notice them in an instant and stare at them for a bit, like my eyes were drawn there.

Is this the kind of thing you mean?

I'd like to know if this is an autistic thing, or a thing everyone does.

OH YES!

I have not met anyone else who has had this.

Yup all the time - as in almost every waking minute of every day - constantly some random thing will catch my attention and I can't stop looking at it. I also notice patterns in things - they appear a slightly lighter shade.

Ahh. Well at least I'm not the only one.

I don't think there are any practical applications for this though, other than finding lost earrings and pins.

That's describing me well.

My attention is often captured by most peculiar things and especially those, that others do not seem to notice.

Most often details that are boring and, thinking rationally here, not of any concern and/or important. Yet my eyes feel as if glued to them.

I also know this kind of behaviour when it comes to people and body parts/everything from faces to hands. If there's something unusual about their appearance, my eyes keep returning to that detail.

I am drawn to things that are symmetrical or have some kind of pattern. I can stare at spinning objects for hours where as other people just tend to think "wow spinny thing" and then it's forgotten about.