My Lawful. Isolation. Entering the New Year with Lawful Clarity
Written, Edited, created, and published By Author Nisa Pasha — Executive Political Health Guru, Peer Counselor, and Educator, MentalHealthRevival.org My Lawful. Isolation. Entering the New Year with Lawful Clarity A Peer Reflection As I look back on this past year, I recognize it as a period of deep reflection, evaluation, and recalibration. Like many of us navigating mental health systems, disability services, and community spaces, I experienced disruption that forced me to slow down and reassess. Through that process, I gained greater discernment—learning to clearly distinguish what supports my well-being and autonomy from what undermines it. From a peer perspective, this year reinforced an important truth: not every situation requires our participation, and not every environment deserves access to us. Growth does not always come from engagement. Sometimes it comes from lawful disengagement. Choosing not to participate in harmful or destabilizing dynamics is not avoidance—it is self...

