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Whether it is medication for other disorders that often co-occur with DID, such as depression or anxiety, or whether it is making sure that your loved one goes to his appointments with his therapist, you will need to help him with both of these things. Keep track of what medications he is supposed to receive every day and make a schedule for therapy sessions and other appointments he may have. If your loved one is having trouble keeping a schedule, try creating a calendar with his appointments in it. If he has a smartphone, you can add a calendar to his phone that will give reminders of his upcoming appointments. While each person is different, there are some signs that nearly everyone with DID experiences before an episode or personality switch occurs. It can help to detect these signs so that you can prepare yourself mentally to deal with this person's alter. These signs include:  Recurrent flashbacks to abuse or bad memories. Depression or extreme sadness. Frequent mood swings. Memory loss. Aggressive behavior. Feelings of numbness. When your loved one experiences a personality shift, memories from his other personalities do not necessarily carry over. This can make it very hard to keep track of important items like wallets, cell phones, etc. Create an inventory of your loved one's important items and place notes or stickies on or inside the items with your name and phone number on them. That way, anyone who finds your loved one’s item can call you to return them. It is also important that you have a copy of all of your loved one’s important documents, including social security card, medical information, passwords, etc. People suffering from DID have almost always experienced abuse during childhood.  Self-harming behaviors, such as suicide, violence, substance abuse and risk-taking, are common in people who have DID. These behaviors tend to occur in those who have suffered abuse because they are used in an attempt to end their feelings of shame, horror, and fear spurred on by past abuse.  If you notice that your loved one has started developing self-harming behaviors, call your therapist or the police right away.

summary: Help get your loved one treatment. Know the warning signs of an upcoming episode. Keep track of your loved one’s possessions. Monitor for self-harming tendencies.


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First, place your cashews in a bowl, cover them with water, and let them sit for a couple hours or more (the longer they soak, the softer they’ll get). Drain them in a strainer and then place them in a food processor or blender. Pulse to chop them up a bit, then add your salt, garlic, and ¾ cup of water. Blend until it smoothes to an evenly creamy texture. Then:  Season with salt, pepper, and herbs to taste. Place your spinach in the skillet after you remove your cooked noodles. Add your cream to the skillet once the spinach wilts. Add water if needed to thin the cream if it sticks to the pan. Stir everything up, top your noodles, and drizzle with olive oil if desired. In addition to the sweet potatoes that you’re using for your noodles, pick up an extra one or reserve 1 cup’s worth (210 g). Chop it into chunks and steam 1 cup's worth. Roast your red pepper. Place those in a blender or food processor. Add your milk, basil, garlic, and salt. Blend until the texture turns creamy.  Be aware that the combined steam from your potatoes and peppers can force the lid to your blender out of position. Either wait for them to cool off or hold the lid in place as you blend. Once the noodles cook, pour the sauce into the skillet. Stir or toss to coat them evenly. Then cover and cook for another two minutes before serving. Add your peanut butter to a microwave-safe bowl. Microwave for about half a minute, or until it melts. Remove from microwave and add your water, soy sauce, sesame oil, rice vinegar, garlic, ginger, and lime juice. Whisk until they are evenly mixed. Pour the sauce over the noodles in the skillet once they’ve cooked, then stir or toss until they’re evenly coated.

summary: Try a spinach-cashew cream. Make a sauce with roasted red pepper and extra sweet potato. Microwave a peanut sauce.


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Go to your local grocery store and buy a bottle of basic vinegar, typically a 5% concentration of acetic acid. The best bargain is probably to buy a one gallon jug unless you only have a few weeds. If you are killing a lot of weeds, you may need to buy more than one gallon, but one gallon will cover a large area. The acid in vinegar is what kills the weeds. White vinegar is most recommended, and probably the cheapest, but you can use apple cider vinegar as well. A bit of dish soap will help the spray stick to the weeds. You should add 2 teaspoons (9.9 ml) of dish soap per 1 gallon (3.8 l) of vinegar. Stir the mixture in a bowl or bucket. Choosing a pump sprayer with a hose and long nozzle will make spraying large areas of weeds easier. Fill the sprayer up with the vinegar and dish soap mixture, or put as much in the sprayer as you’ll need.  Another option is to pour the mixture into an empty spray bottle. You can buy an empty bottle or you can use a bottle that used to contain window cleaner or another gentle household cleaner. Make sure to rinse it out well if you use a bottle that had other liquid in it. If you are only killing a few weeds, or covering a small area, you can poke four or five holes in the cap of the vinegar bottle and use the bottle to douse the weeds. If you’re using horticultural vinegar, which has an acidity of 30%, dilute it with water. If you’re using regular white vinegar, you won’t need to dilute it. The acetic acid in vinegar dries weeds out, so applying vinegar on a day when the weeds will get at least a few hours of direct sunlight increases the drying power of the vinegar. Spray in the morning so the weeds can get lots of sun.  If it rains unexpectedly shortly after you spray the weeds, you’ll most likely have to apply a second round of vinegar. In this case, sunny means hot as well, ideally in the range of 70+ degrees. Using the pump sprayer, spray bottle, or vinegar bottle with holes, thoroughly douse the weeds you want to kill. Cover the leaves with vinegar, but also spray down around the roots.  You don’t need to soak them so they are dripping wet but spray an even coat. Wait around 24 hours and check the weeds. If you aren’t satisfied, you can spray the weeds a second time. Vinegar kills crops and flowers as well as weeds, so take care any time you are spraying weeds around good plants. Vinegar is not always a good option if you are spraying weeds in a garden, flower bed, or in your yard. Vinegar shouldn’t soak into the soil and kill other plants unless it makes direct contact with them. Vinegar can corrode your sprayer if you let it sit for a long time. Carefully rinse your sprayer out after every use. Dump the excess vinegar out and then fill the sprayer with water. Be sure to pump and spray the water to clean out the hose and nozzle.
summary: Buy white vinegar. Mix the vinegar with 2 teaspoons (9.9 ml) dish soap. Pour the mixture into a garden sprayer. Choose a sunny day to spray weeds. Spray directly onto the weeds. Avoid spraying vinegar on desirable plants. Clean the sprayer out after you finish.