"Throw it all at me. Take everything you can. Even in the end I will not be defeated."

How much would you give up to never return to your darkest moment?

Your livelihood?

Your house?

Your business?

Your friends?

Your self-worth?

Melbourne's record-breaking 262-day-lockdown should have been a collective experience shared by residents of the city. However, Government directives in those final months forced friends and families against one another in a debate over who was worthy of freedom.

Four per cent of that population have a story to tell - one that has never been heard.

This is the story of Melbourne's lockdown, told from the inside by someone left on the outside.