In the movie, Stranger Than Fiction, our hero is doing what he is doing, unconsciously.

When Harold Crick, the hero of the movie, starts hearing the narrating voice in his head…
…what the voice says takes him out of his unconsciousness and makes him conscious
…his usual way of doing things, going through life like a drone, and this changes his life.

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