Jelena Dokic explains how the power of vulnerability 'saved my life'

Former tennis player Jelena Dokic tells the National Press Club about her experience with anxiety, depression, PTSD and an eating disorder and says that in sport, 'silence was golden' – and this silence could lead to death.
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As a victim of domestic violence herself, Dokic argues that having open conversation about stigmatised topics is an antidote to this. 'Vulnerability is a superpower. We have been taught so often that vulnerability is a weakness, a massive weakness. But in fact, to be vulnerable takes so much guts and courage,' says Dokic

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