‘I had anorexia about 11 years ago. In the meantime, I have been perfectly healthy for years, but never before have I been tested by life like I was then, ‘she reveals. Amber feels that it is still a taboo to talk about your mental health. And yet I wonder, why doesn’t this person feel free to talk about his or her mental illness? And also: what can I do to help break the taboo? “
Partly because of this is her own book Out of Picture established. ‘My book can be read from October. Until then, I try to gather the strength to bring out my story with full conviction. Because I still find it very confrontational. “
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Amber previously talked to Flair more about her control urge and the many sports. “My mom shouldn’t read this, because she thinks I’m going to work, but I work out five or six times a week: mainly crossfit, but also running and fitness. Many people think that is exaggerated, but I just like it.”
That she felt guilty for skipping a sport session was an attack on her body. “Then I said to myself: keep on going, keep going. But lately I’ve been learning to listen to my body better, also because I notice that in the long term I become less strong when I keep pushing my limits. Am I now tired, so I think: I better go to sleep for an hour or write on my blog, which I think is a pity, but it is good for me to realize that I want things, but that my body needs time to recover. “
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