As experienced by the dissimulator, the burden of effort may range from grin-and-bear-it at the easiest, through lip biting and muttering, to teeth-grinding determination at the most difficult.
You'll have to build your own defences against a world of complex realities that will insist on trying to intrude on you at the most inconvenient times.
For this list, we're taking a look at the most stylish, memorable and unique looks at the 2019 Met Gala, which based this year's theme on Susan Sontag 1964 essay Notes On Camp.