Ex-tennis star Jelena Dokic opens up about suicidal thoughts: 'I am definitely on the road to recovery'

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Jelena Dokic, a former top-ranked Australian tennis player who finished in the semifinals of the 2000 Wimbledon tournament, courageously opened up about her struggles with mental health Monday. 

Dokic, who retired in 2014, opened up on Instagram about her struggles and revealed she had suicidal thoughts in April. She wrote in an Instagram post she almost "jumped off my 26th floor balcony and took my own life."

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Donna Vekic of Croatia is interviewed by Jelena Dokic after winning her Women's Singles first round match against Maria Sharapova of Russia on day two of the 2020 Australian Open at Melbourne Park on January 21, 2020 in Melbourne, Australia. (Hannah Peters/Getty Images)

"Will never forget the day," she began. "Everything is blurry. Everything is dark. No tone, no picture, nothing makes sense…..just tears, sadness, depression, anxiety and pain. The last six months have been tough. It’s been constant crying everywhere. From hiding in the bathroom when at work to wipe away my tears so that nobody sees it to the unstoppable crying at home within my four walls has been unbearable. Constant feelings of sadness and pain are just not going away and my life has been shattered. I blame myself, I don’t think I am worthy of loving and I am scared."

She wrote she knows she had a lot of be "grateful" for and then added "I start to hate myself because by feeling this way I feel like I am not grateful because I mustn’t be since I want to end it all."

Dokic wrote she wanted to stop the suffering but revealed she began to seek professional help and it "saved my life."

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