Spontaneous thought, a sad one. for some reason tnz thinks now that MJ was unable to distinguish other Spontaneous thought, a sad one.
for some reason tnz thinks now that MJ was unable to distinguish other people's lies from truth, like, you know, autistic kids are not able to read people's intentions & emotional shades. maybe a side effect of his love & faith in humanity, maybe the lack of social skills, who knows.
so eventually he was forced to develop defensive mechanisms based on the premise 'everybody lies' and these mechanisms were about lies, too.
but one can't live with that premise and in the defensive mode all the time — it's a path to insanity, so sometimes he allowed himself to turn these mechanisms off. and often chose WRONG time and people for that — again, due to his inability to distinguish... so, it's kinda vicious circle.
and doesn't matter how hard he tries not to dwell in the past and its sad experiences - consciously, we don't think he is really able to control his reflexes — they have been "protecting" him all his life...
* the quality of that "protection" is completely another matter and he may ponder upon this too...
why the most treacherous people found ways to fool his defensive mechanisms and why the most honest ones had the bad luck to be kicked harshly and intolerantly.
a mystery...