Thank you Tammy, Kers and Frankie. I am honestly worried about her tonight so I do appreciate the prompt and thoughtful replies. Frankie you are correct in that I do know her well, and this does not seem like her usual silences. I do find though that I am overreacting quite a lot lately, worrying too much about my children and so on, which is one of the reasons I am going into grief therapy regarding my son's death. Sometimes it's difficult to know when I am worrying too much and when I really should worry! Unfortunately asking Evie what is wrong is not helpful as she does not reply. Usually however, she will write notes to my husband and I, explaining what is going on. I think the fact that she is not even doing that is what is really worrying me at this point.

When I think about it (and thank you for reminding me of this kers), the last 2-3 weeks have been extremely stressful for her:

• prior to the holidays, some issues on the forum upset her
• she had a very bad asthma attack and was in the emergency room for over 12 hours whilst they tried to stabilize her
• she was frightened about our trip overseas though she did well
• she had a nasty fight with her father during the holidays, also some issues with emailing friends over the holidays, the outcome of which upset her
• she had the surprise (though positive) of needing to travel to NYC, having the interview and so on
• she was hired, though she is still having a bit of trouble drawing (her hands have been shaking from medication, though the doctor has said it will be gone by March), so perhaps she is also worried about not being prepared physically for the job
• she had her trauma anniversary very recently
• Colin is deployed to Afghanistan in 3 weeks' time

Now that I have written that all out, I see it is really rather a lot of stress for anyone, nevermind someone with PTSD! Perhaps she simply needs some more time to rest, though my husband and I will definitely be keeping a close eye on her and encouraging her to speak to us. She did have a cuddle with my husband tonight, after keeping to herself for the last 2 days, so that is at least positive.