“A big thank you to all of you.. I am going day by day on the road to recovery” – Dokic thanks supporters in latest Insta post

The former world No 4 had revealed she came close to killing herself in April but says she is taking small steps every day

Jelena Dokic Instagram post

Haresh Ramchandani

June 21, 2022

Former world No 4 Jelena Dokic has said she is doing much better and thanked her fans for the outpouring of love and support after her Instagram post last week in which she revealed that she almost tried to kill herself in April.

Dokic, a teenage prodigy on the WTA Tour who endured a difficult abusive relationship with her father through most of her tennis career, carved a path as one of the leading commentators in the game over the past few years but had been visibly low-profile in recent months until last week when she took to social media to talk about her mental health difficulties.

In her latest post, she said she is taking small steps every days and promised to be back stronger than before. “I just want to say a big thank you to all of you, for your great kindness, love and support,” Dokic said in her post. “After my last Instagram post, I received more than 20,000 messages, emails and comments, and even calls. It is amazing and I will always be grateful to you, you helped me so much. There are not enough words to describe how grateful I am.”

“I also want to inform you about my condition because there were a lot of worries after my last post. I want to inform you that I am well, much better than during April, I am getting the help I need, I am going day by day on the road to recovery, I am taking small steps every day.”

Continue to believe to fight, go one by one, believe me, there are lights at the end of the tunnel

Dokic said she hoped sharing her story would help others and provide hope to others struggling that they are not alone

“I will come back stronger and better than ever. I want to talk about the last announcement, it was not easy for me to do it, but I have always been open and honest, and even vulnerable with you, especially in recent years. I think it was important to do it this time because there are a lot of people struggling there when it comes to mental health, we need to have more open conversations about it, to destigmatize those conversations. I felt it was very important to talk about my experience and my torments, I hope that can help someone there as a message of hope and to know that they are not alone, that is the goal in the end. You are not alone in. Continue to believe to fight, go one by one, believe me, there are lights at the end of the tunnel,” the 39-year-old said.