A book or movie script. For me, this isn't necessarily a good thing, since it causes me to see the outcome as predetermined and I can't do a darn thing to change it. I also tend to see my own role in that book or movie as someone destined to experience the worst of everything. Even on my best days, I might see myself as the "Badluck Schleprock" character to whom bad things are supposed to happen, so that society can witness it and say, "That's bad. It shouldn't have happened. Let's not let it happen again." And changes are made so that others won't have to endure what I endured. Which may be kind of a noble reason for existing, but the whole "I can't fight fate" belief is damaging to me. I need a better metaphor.