Do you ever catch yourself reading pauses in text like they're evidence?

I've started noticing the gap between when someone says something and when they clarify it, the length of a hesitation in a reply, where a pause sits just before a changed topic. It's like the silence I used to study in interviews has leaked into how I talk to friends. Wondering if anyone else here instinctively reads the gaps in their own conversations, and whether it helps or just makes things stranger.