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Esther starts dating buddy
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Esther finds out about Buddy's affair
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Esther rejects buddy's marriage proposal
While on her visit in the sanitarium for tuberculosis -
Esther starts internship in New York
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Esther meets Dorene
Dorene impacts esther's outlook on life and makes esther doubt the way she is living -
Esther goes out with Dorene
Dorene finds guy named lenny and is thirdwheeling, she heads back to the hotel and has a bath when dorene goes to hook up with him -
Esther goes on date with constantin
She is very attracted to him, but the date ends with them just laying falling asleep next to each other -
Esther breaksdown
On Esther's last day, she is getting her portrait taken and she breaks down in tears -
Esther gets assaulted
Esther attends the Country club dance with Doreen, and gets assaulted by her date, Marco. -
Esther doesn't make summer program
The next day, Esther travels back home and her mother tells her that she wasn't accepted into the summer writing program. -
Esther tries to commit
Esther steals her mother's sleeping pills and takes lots and buries herself in the crawl space of the house. She is rescued -
Esther has Electroshock therapy
After a few visits, Dr. Gordon provides esther with electroshock therapy. Only worsening her condition -
Esther meets Dr.Gordon
Esther sees a psychiatrist Dr. Godon to help with her worsening mental health -
Esther contemplates suicide
Esther begins practicing her suicide, she contemplates a blade or drowning herself, even going as far to take her friends out to the beach and swim out, and even hanging herself -
Esthers downfall
Esther with nothing to fill her days, sits and home and questions what she is going to do with her life, she quickly spirals into a depression. -
Esther visits her father's grave
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Esther meets Dr. Nolan
Esther is moved to private institution after having another incident and meets dr.nolan -
Esther meets with Joan
Esther meets with Joan, an old highschool friend, who also tried to commit suicide -
Esther is taken to hospital
Esther is placed in hospital, but is soon moved to a psychiatric institution, after dropping a mirror when she saw her face. -
Esther begins improving
Esther stats insulin shock therapy and is moved to a different section of the hospital -
Esther is given more electroshock
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Joan commits suicide
Esther is woken up to the news that Joan has commited suicide -
Esther has interview to leave institution
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Esther goes to Joan's funeral
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Esther loses virginity
Esther meets a Harvad professor at cambridge Joan takes her to the hospital and loses her virginity. After Esther bleeds nonstop and joan takes her to the hospital