If u know the reason.. does it make a difference

You ask why.
Why did this happen to me? Why did I do this? Why do you think I did this?

Then, you get the answers. From friends, family or further on from a shrink may be. But does it really make a difference? Doesn't it matter how you use the reason? Is it just enough if you know why?

Yes there is a reason behind everything, and we spend half of our life doing some thing and the other half finding an explanation to that action. I have seen people find reasons for their behavior; relate it to bad childhood or an influence from a friend.

Personally, If  you take an individual case and dig up their life, may be we could find reasons for why everyone behaves the way they do. When people questioned Michael Jackson's surgeries and alterations, they were attributed to his bad child hood and hence lack of self respect, reflecting in the intention to change himself.
Many characteristics of a person are attributed to parental care, home environment, school life, bully or bullied etc.

What are we actually gaining from these attributions? I think we are finding an explanation to hide behind. (Yes, not reason with the explanation but to hide behind it.) When you know the reason, what do you say?

"I did that only because this happened. Otherwise things would have been very different."

 Well, good morning! The reasoning was provided to avoid self-blame, and avoid guilt may be. It definitely doesn't mean that you can find reasons for your behavior and let it be. It is the next step to change yourself now that you know.

If you are not going to do anything about it,
Then if you know the reason, does it really make a difference?