Jelena Dokic

Former Australian tennis star Jelena Dokic has bravely confessed to almost taking her own life earlier this year in a distressing Instagram post.

Love you all and here is to fighting and surviving to live and see another day. “This is not easy to write but I have always been open, honest and vulnerable with you all and I deeply believe in the power of sharing our stories to help us get through things and to help each other. It’s ok to feel sad just keep fighting and come back. “Just know that you are not alone. Will never forget the day, I just wanted the pain and the suffering to stop. I pulled myself off the edge, don’t even know how I managed to do it.

Jelena Dokic revealed in an emotional Instagram post on Monday that she recently sought professional help, which she said saved her life.

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The Australian has revealed she nearly took her own life in an emotional Instagram post but has now sought help for her mental health struggles.

Dokic retired from the professional sport in 2014 and is a tennis commentator and pundit for various Australia television networks. This is not easy to write but I have always been open, honest and vulnerable with you all and I deeply believe in the power of sharing our stories to help us get through things and to help each other.” I am not going to say that I am doing great now but I am definitely on the road to recovery. She continued: “I am writing this because I know I am not the only one struggling. However, she has since sought professional help and says she believes she is on the road to recovery. Dokic is a former world No 4 and reached the Wimbledon semi-finals in 2000.

Australian tennis legend Jelena Dokic opens up on mental health battle.

I will be back stronger than ever." "Don't be ashamed of what you are feeling. Just know that you are not alone," she said. It's OK to feel sad, just keep fighting and come back. She started by recounting the day she "will never forget" in April. That's what I am trying to do and that's what keeps me going.

The 39-year-old shared the devastating confession in an open letter in the hope she can help others.

“You are enough. “We need you. If you need help in a crisis, call Lifeline on 13 11 14. “Don’t be ashamed of what you are feeling. You are worthy. We love you. It’s possible, just keep believing. “I am not going to say that I am doing great now but I am definitely on the road to recovery. “I am writing this because I know I am not the only one struggling,” she said. “I blame myself, I don’t think I am worthy of loving and I am scared.” Everything is dark. Everything is blurry.

Six-time WTA singles champion Jelena Dokic revealed Monday on social media she contemplated suicide in April. Dokic recounted on Instagram.

"Some days are better than others and sometimes I take a step forward and then a step back but I’m fighting and I believe I can get through this." She said she was dealing with "such a vicious cycle in my head" at the time: "Constant feelings of sadness and pain are just not going away and my life has been shattered.

Former Australian tennis star Jelena Dokic says her mental health deteriorated so badly she almost took her own life earlier this year, but she is now on ...

Ms Dokic — who retired from the game in 2014 — has been open about her mental health struggles in the past and. "The last six months have been tough," Ms Dokic wrote. We love you. We need you. "It's been constant crying everywhere. - In her 2017 autobiography, Unbreakable, she revealed the physical and emotional abuse she suffered at the hands of her father

Jelena Dokic revealed in an emotional Instagram post on Monday that she recently sought professional help, which she said saved her life.

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Jelena Dokic mental health: Aussie tennis commentator and former world No.4 tennis star Jelena Dokic shares she almost took her own life this year.

I am not going to say that I am doing great now, but I am definitely on the road to recovery." "It's been constant crying everywhere. "Everything is blurry.