I have to agree with Bree here. I grew up in a large family on a dairy farm and so wasn't alone, but I spent a lot of time "alone" in my own head. As for not growing up, my therapist has told me that in her opinion I never completed social development and developing self-awareness during puberty. She estimated that I stopped my progress around age 15, which just happens to also be the year when I realized I was supposed to have been a girl, and the year I nearly killed myself.
Being TS is not fun, I would gladly give it away if I could.
Anna