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The text is a synopsis of the movie The Butterfly Effect, which tells the story of Ivan, a young man who can travel back in time to his childhood and change his past. However, every time he does so, he alters his present reality in unpredictable and often disastrous ways. He tries to fix his mistakes and save his childhood friends Kelly and Lenny from their abusive and traumatic experiences, but he only makes things worse. He eventually realizes that he should not have been born and kills himself in his mother's womb, erasing his existence and giving everyone else a happy life.
Here are the key facts extracted from the text:
1. The text is a summary of the movie The Butterfly Effect.
2. The main character, Ivan, has memory lapses and can travel to the past by reading his diaries.
3. Ivan tries to change his past to improve his present, but each time he faces worse consequences.
4. Ivan's father and grandfather had the same ability and suffered from mental illness.
5. Ivan eventually decides to kill himself in his mother's womb, erasing his existence and making everyone else happy.