Did you have Philosophical thoughts before the age of Five?

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I apologize if this has been asked already.

For example, did you ever ponder the question of "why are we here?" before the age of five.
Has anybody else experienced this? Is this a common thought of others on the spectrum?

Is this uncommon for NTs?

I worked out all the reasons why Santa Claus couldn't be real before I was age four. At age three I remember that a guy disguised as Santa Claus came to our house. I remember how much he was enjoying the anticipation of the reactions of my siblings and me. I was about to tell him that I knew that he wasn't Santa but he looked so happy that I chose to look stupid and just smile at him and awkwardly say, "Hi Santa." It bothered me to choose his feelings over my looking smart and I thought about my decision for a long time afterwards.

Honestly, I don't recall. I wouldn't be surprised if I did, but I can't remember for sure. I do remember having relatively complex thoughts that were entirely in the abstract, without any language connected to them, and I still remember how that felt although I cannot do it any more.

I was about four years old when I first pondered the age old question of "Why are we here?"
I was strapped in a booster seat in the back of my mother's old Saturn if I recall.

I use to think about alot of things when I was younger. I wondered about my purpose, and maybe that is why I am interested in philosophy. I also had an early interest in Lincoln an the Civil War thus my interest in history. I also wondered about God thus my interest in religion.
I also had an early interest in astronomy and still do.

Yes.

I would often wonder why I exist?
I would also talk to trees as well..?

Am I the only one?

I used to REALLY wonder! I felt I needed a REASON to exist. I don't know WHAT could have satisfied me, but "just are", or "to praise god" just didn't/doesn't cut it. As for santa clause, I don't know if I ever really believed. It WAS hard to believe that my parents would somehow get presents under the tree while I was asleep though. But they DID.

I've been having philosophical thoughts for as far back as I can remember... which was before five.

When I was five years old, my mother and I were stranded because our car was broken, in the dark, in a rural place. It was before cell phones. My mother was scared. I tried to calm her fears and all I could suggest was that if we killed ourselves then nobody could hurt us. Now I'm wondering how strange that idea was for a five year old.

I had a lot of philosophical thoughts before the age of 5. By the time I reached an age at which it becomes acceptable to engage with philosophy, I had thought about it to the point of exhaustion and boredom.

Like a lot of aspies, I had a miserable childhood. So I wondered: why can't humans find a way to breed people directly as adults. In other words, have them somehow either born as adults, or not achieve consciousness until they're adults. I knew that it would be so great to enjoy life right way, and bypass childhood entirely, since I considered it to be a time of misery, or even some sort of a pre-adulthood hazing ritual. So of course I wanted to get rid of childhood.

I honestly believed that everyone would benefit from this. In the typical aspie fashion, I believed that everyone's childhood's were as miserable as mine, so why not implement this? (Yeah yeah, I know, but at age 5, I believed that anything was possible.) After all, people wouldn't have to suffer through childhood before getting to truly enjoy life as adults. There would be no need to put up with people (e.g. parents and teachers) always telling you what to do.

Interestingly, a similar concept was implemented in the movie The Island. The people living in the compound were grown in water-filled bags, and "born" directly as a adults. If you've seen the movie, you'd know their purpose, but it's interesting how I though of something similar long before the movie was even made.

Yes, I did.
I was suprised to find out that not everyone did.

Nope.

I was far too fascinated with watching Star Wars to care about intangibilities.

I don't remember for sure.
I know I was getting into metaphysical conundrums during primary school and I know I would ponder about things before the age of 5 but I don't know if any of those early thoughts was strictly metaphysical or what depth did they really have. . . I suppose it wasn't anything special.

I was too busy learning the Dao of Ninja Turtles and Transformers




I do recall questioning the historicity of Jesus and the Bearded Man Upstairs, during my elementary years. Certainly wasn't at age 5, I don't think.