The word "myself" is an "intensive" whose purpose is to emphasize the self reference.
The word "me" is an objective pronoun, meaning that "me" is the object (usually of a preposition).
The point is this: don't write "like myself," write "like me."
Yes, I know the usage seems wrong--but it isn't.
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