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The most crucial action Evan Treborn takes in The Butterfly Effect is ultimately choosing to stay in the womb and prevent himself from ever being born.
While many actions lead to different terrible outcomes, this is the only one that ultimately fixes everything and allows Kayleigh, Tommy, and Lenny to live normal, happy lives.
No one explicitly helps him make this decision. However, several factors lead him there:
Therefore, while no one directly guides him, his experiences throughout the film and his understanding of his own role in the suffering of others collectively push him toward the final, self-sacrificing decision.
The summary presents the Director's Cut ending as the only ending, failing to mention the theatrical version where Evan simply scares Kayleigh away.
The palm reader in the Director's Cut provides the most explicit 'help' or guidance by telling Evan he shouldn't exist.
Evan's father, Jason, explicitly tries to kill Evan to stop the cycle, which is a crucial piece of 'help' (guidance) that leads Evan to his final conclusion.
The summary misses the context that Evan's mother had two previous stillbirths, implying that other children with the same 'curse' also chose to end their lives in the womb.
The most crucial action Evan Treborn takes depends on the version of the film. In the Theatrical Cut, he travels back to his first meeting with Kayleigh and scares her away so they never become friends, thereby preventing the chain of trauma. In the Director's Cut, he travels back to the womb and strangles himself with his umbilical cord to prevent his own birth. He is 'helped' in this realization by several people: his father (Jason), who tried to kill him to stop the curse; the palm reader (in the Director's Cut), who explicitly tells him he has no lifeline and doesn't belong in the world; and his mother, whose mention of previous stillbirths provides the clue that he is not the first to make this choice.