From my understanding and a lifetime of experience and relating to the world, searching for my place, seeking out others, attaching too quickly, too intensely, then just not at all, I can say with confidence that not a one of us is what you would consider conformable.
The brain has to develop and when that process is retarded or obstructed, consequences come about. Every action has a reaction and all that shit.
So although it's not possible to run a case study on all persons who have undergone extreme childhood trauma (at least not for me) I feel confident in saying that everyone that I've met while dredging the sewage-people culled from society, every single one of them underwent childhood trauma and not just a spanking here and there.
I've never found myself in a meth house sitting next to a guy or girl who had a good childhood.
Does that make it a rule? no. I'll admit it doesn't but it does make it most probable, which is exactly what I stated above. It is more an indication that Michael is legit than he is not legit.