No, you're wrong. Michael could never feel the love and care he needed from his father, Michael always felt he wasnt good enough cause his father Joe make sure Michael knew he was not good enough at anything, he would said to Michael he was average, Michael was insecure cause of his father,
Michael could never really heal that part (thats a big part if not the biggest cause of his trauma of seeking perfection at what was already perfect, and that is why he ended up the way he did),
Michael was a sensitive creature, more than common people cause he was a genius, he never felt he was good enough, his father would have never say to him "you were fantastic" he would say "you were ok" istead, Michael was fantastic but his father, the one Michael most wanted to be recognised would never do it, Michael end up hating him, but it was like a hate but an admiration or more than admiration a hate, a loss for not having a good father he may have seen other kids had,
Michael thought Joe had some kind of power over everybody cause Joe was agressive, Michael hated and feared Joe more than respected him, Joe make Michael a hell of an insecure person, add to that Michaels own natural seek of perfection, Michael ended up feeling his father was a bad father, or that his father didnt wanted him, and we all know how the story developed since the 5 year old Michael till the last day Michael...