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Former top-ranked Australian tennis player Jelena Dokic, who finished in the semi-finals of the 2000 Wimbledon Championship, opened with courage to fight mental health on Monday.
Dokic, who retired in 2014, published on Instagram about her struggle and revealed in April that she had suicidal ideation.she I wrote in an Instagram post She almost “jumped off my balcony on the 26th floor and took my own life.”
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“I will never forget that day,” she began. “Everything is blurry. Everything is dark. There is no tone, no picture, no meaning ….. just tears, sadness, depression, anxiety, pain. The last six months have been hard. I’m crying everywhere. Work. It was unbearable to wipe away the tears in the bathroom inside and not hear the unstoppable crying at home among the four walls. The constant feelings of sadness and pain never disappeared, and my life was It was shattered. I blame myself. I don’t think it’s worth loving and I’m scared. “
She wrote that she knew she had a lot of “gratitude” and said, “I feel like I’m not grateful because I want to end everything by feeling this way, so don’t be grateful. So I start to hate myself. “
Dokic wrote that he wanted to stop suffering, but she began to seek expert help, revealing that it “saved my life.”
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“It’s not easy to write this, but I’m always open, honest and defenseless to all of you, and the power to share our stories to help us get over things and help each other. I deeply believe in it, “Dokic added. I’m writing this because I know I’m not the only one struggling. Know that you are not alone.
“I’m not saying it’s going well right now, but I’m definitely on the road to recovery. One day it’s better than the other, and sometimes it’s a step forward and then a step back, but I fought. I believe that I can overcome this. “
She vowed to be “stronger than ever”.
Dokic was a singles rival 348-221 and a doubles competition 118-100.
She and Conchita Martinez lost to Birhinialano Pasqual and Paola Suarez in the 2001 French Open Doubles Final.
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She was a tennis broadcaster for some time after her playing career was over