@maddiec @hopeful33250 I feel each of us have a cloak that covers several "outfits" that make up who we are today. It could be grief/sadness, or chronic illness/pain, or a form of mental illness, or social anxiety. We feel the need to present ourselves in a manner that society expects of us, or we do it to protect ourselves from the pervasiveness of that same society if we show how we truly are. I believe the cloak of protection may be like that Harry Potter cloak, to make things invisible until we are ready. It helps us survive that day.
Ginger