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Although on the surface level Esther's life seems to be in perfect order-she has got a good job, she is happily married, her children are well-behaved, they all are quite wealthy, they do not suffer from any illnesses-Esther is constantly suffering in some way or other.
She has always seen herself as " a person with so much to sort out ", and this is why she has been in analysis for a quite a number of years.
She spends a fortune on it and even has to sell her mother's diamond ring.
At one point in the novel, she learns the difference between compulsive and obsessive behaviour ( compulsive behaviour is to do with action, obsessive behaviour with thoughts ) and promptly thinks she herself shows both types of behaviour.
She suffers from agoraphobia as well as claustrophobia.
When she was 15, back home in Australia, her father let her drive his car in public until they were stopped by the police.
Now, as an adult, she is afraid to drive, and considers herself lucky that you do not really need a car in New York City.
She is neurotic, a woman with " excessive anxieties and indecisions ", and likely to panic when having to face things.
She is all for drugs: beta blocker, Valium, Mylanta, and other pills.
On the other hand, Esther neither smokes nor drinks.

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