You wake up from a long, restful night of sleep.
Before you open your eyes, you stretch out your arm but you are unable to extend it fully.
Your hand touches a gelatinous, gooey, stretchy material.
Surprised, you open your eyes. Where are you?
You sit up and look around, but you bump your head on something above you.
But it doesn't hurt. It's the same gelatinous, gooey, stretchy material.
You look around to orient yourself. You finally realize where you are.
You're living in a bubble.
At first this realization frightens you, but after a few seconds to regain your composure you feel reassured.
You slow your breath. You look around and see all your possessions. You feel safe and comfortable.
Your safe and comfortable bubble wraps you in a warm, secure cocoon and protects you from outside contaminants.
You look outside your bubble and you see scary things. You see people who look different. You imagine that they have different opinions too.
Your bubble is so small that you can't stand up straight. And even with a 360º window to the outside world, the bubble material is kind of filmy, so you can't see clearly what's going on out there in the big bad scary world.
It's okay though. You're safe. You lie back down and remain in your perpetual state of dormancy.