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In a way, in a much less severe fashion.

No, I don't like little boys. Let me explain...

Right or wrong, I always felt deprived as a kid. I didn't get every new toy I wanted. I bought my own first car, and it was a rust bucket. I couldn't afford to put a fancy stereo in it. I couldn't afford most of the things I wanted and my parents wouldn't buy them for me. I was convinced at the time this was "unfair". I worked hard in college to get a good job, so that I could finally buy all of the toys that I wanted. I bought a Porsche. I bought a truck. I bought a house, and guns, and a motorcycle. I can pretty much afford to buy anything I want now. (Though I can't afford to buy everything I want.) I've spent the past then years out of college accumulating the stuff I felt I was deprived as a kid.

Michael Jackson felt he was deprived as a kid. He felt he was deprived of a childhood. He went out and made himself a lot of money, and spent it trying to recreate a childhood. And he did this, but on a huge scale. He built a theme park in his back yard. He collected cars instead of Hot Wheels.

I think the psychology is largely the same but the results are very different. I think in my case I am nearing the end.

I no longer feel as compelled to accumulate stuff to make up as I once did. I'm ready to get on with my life. I no longer feel jealous towards people who were given more than me.

Michael Jackson never escaped his desires. He had the means to indulge himself much more than I did, and it still didn't fix his problem. In the end, his finances fell apart and he died at an early age. Probably because of the results of him trying to make up for his childhood.