Photo: Geoff SloanChristchurch's Ofel Epicorus is fighting the stigma and loneliness associated with people living with mental and physical health conditions. It was nearly a decade before she addressed the sexual assault and harassment she suffered as a teen - and faced the psychological impacts that went with it. The first sexual assault against her occurred when she was 12-years-old. An idea soon began to form in her head to start a project aiming to break the stigma around people in the city living with physical and mental illnesses. But after his initial shock, the man changed his attitude and became more positive as the second brain tumour was the size of a thumbnail.

Source: Otago Daily Times January 29, 2020 01:30 UTC