answer:The expression is “gilded” as in covered with gold, not “guilded” as in being in a trade union. And it means being put out for show as something prized yet trapped in a cage, like a beautiful songbird. What works for me is talking to someone else and helping someone else so that I am not focused on my own plight. Go volunteer at a homeless shelter, or a food kitchen or a food bank, or visit aged people in a nursing facility. Eating doesn’t work, sleeping doesn’t work. One needs to get out of one’s self.