Have an emergency bag packed and ready for a quick exit. This bag can include clothes, money, and other personal items. If the situation escalates and you feel like you are in danger, don’t be afraid to call the police. Find a secure place to lock them away until you’re sure it’s safe, such as a locked room or even an actual safe. Once you’re aware of the triggers, you’ll be more prepared to either help the person avoid an episode, by directing them away from the triggers or comforting them to prevent a full on attack, or make your own escape from the situation....

For example, if you had her over for dinner and she says, “Well the chicken’s alright, but I would have seasoned it more,” just let it slide. Tell her, “Thanks for the tip!” Suppose she keeps asking about personal topics, such as why you don’t go to her place of worship or how many exes you have. Tell her, “I’d rather not discuss that topic. Let’s talk about something else. ” If she comes over without calling ahead, tell her, “Now isn’t a good time....

Say something like, “Hey, I noticed there’s some space between us lately and I was wondering if we could talk about it. ” If someone is planning to give you the silent treatment for a while, they might not respond to texts or calls right away. Give it a little bit of time to see if they respond back. Try saying something like, “Hey, I haven’t heard back from you. I’d really like to resolve this but I can’t do it on my own....

See a mental health provider for a thorough differential diagnosis so that you can get the adequate treatment for what’s bothering you. In order to receive a diagnosis of PTSD, you must have a history of exposure to a traumatic event that meets specific stipulations. For example, you must exhibit symptoms from each of four symptom clusters for a specific period of time: 1) intrusion- nightmares, flashbacks, and recurrent memories; 2) avoidance- avoiding thoughts, people, places, and things that remind you of what happened; 3) negative alterations in cognitions and mood- feeling alienated from others, persistent negative beliefs about the world, inability to recall aspects of the event, etc....

And another absolute highlight of the holiday season is having your home beautifully decorated—with a Christmas tree traditionally the centerpiece of it all. However, achieving the perfect fir is arguably easier said than done. Fortunately, there are many experts on hand to help guide us through the dos and don’ts for decorating your Christmas tree. Interior designer Vanessa Arbuthnott believes the secret to achieving the best results is to “keep it simple....

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Oh. I don’t think there’s any comparison. I think that the idea that there is is way overblown and should be debunked easily if anybody looks at history and what was at stake in the whole Watergate investigation. Well, you can’t control that. We don’t worry about the outcome anyway. We want the special counsel to do his job as soon as possible so that we can get this off the country’s radar screen and get on with what my husband is trying to do for the country....

Even to some conservatives, the prejudice is unmistakable. Fox News’s Bill O’Reilly charges that a biased media are trying to engineer the election in Obama’s favor. According to the nonpartisan Center for Media and Public Affairs, O’Reilly might actually be right: from December to mid-February, 83 percent of network-news coverage of Obama was positive. For Clinton, the number was 53 percent. After Super Tuesday, the study says, even as Clinton supporters demanded more-balanced coverage, Obama’s proportion of good press dropped only to 67 percent, while Clinton’s remained at about 50 percent....

That pledge may have calmed her aides, but it doesn’t change the fact that Clinton’s campaign is struggling at an alarmingly late moment before the Jan. 3 Iowa caucuses. Last Friday, her team released a cozy TV ad featuring Clinton’s mother and daughter in a bid to humanize the candidate and recover in the polls after sustained attacks by Barack Obama and John Edwards. Campaign operatives also plan to launch their own offensive on Obama’s credentials....

As the Clintons prepare to leave the White House, Bill isn’t the only one thinking about a legacy. Hillary has racked up a long list of First Lady “firsts”: first baby boomer, first professional woman, first to head a major government task force, first to testify before a grand jury. “Hillary Clinton is, in my estimation, the single most accomplished First Lady in American history,” says Carl Anthony, a former Nancy Reagan aide and author of “America’s First Families....

Rice has admitted on occasion that the U.S. government made “tactical” mistakes in Iraq, but rarely has she gone into specifics. Reminded that Mideast scholars had long advised that controlling Iraq would require winning over local, provincial and tribal authorities, Rice said, “I would like to go back and find out who gave that [advice] … Arab states can be very centralized. This is actually a fairly new model of local and provincial responsibility....

The Germany international is often criticised after poor results for his team, who sit sixth in the Premier League ahead of hosting Manchester United on Sunday. Pep: Mou won’t write off Arsenal game Wenger believes there should be no queries over Ozil’s hunger as he defended the 28-year-old’s performance in a loss to Tottenham last time out. “I believe last Sunday to just criticise Mesut Ozil’s performance does not reflect exactly what happened on the pitch,” he told UK newspapers....

Multiple accounts of how cannabis became classified as a dangerous drug point to a growing movement against immigrants from Mexico in the early 20th century. The term “marijuana” is even believed by many to be a term favored by factions attempting to link use of the plant for intoxication to Spanish speakers. Eric Schlosser, who wrote the best-selling book Reefer Madness, said in a 1994 article for The Atlantic that “prejudices and fears” led to the spread of false accounts about the supposedly menacing weed causing deviant behavior among American citizens after they were introduced to it by immigrants....

A total of 24 teams from around the globe will descend in India to take part in the famous competition which has thrown up legendary names galore over the years. The tournament was the brainchild of the then FIFA secretary-general, Joe Blatter, who was inspired by the famous Lion City Cup for Under-16 boys started by the Football Association of Singapore. The global event was named as the FIFA Under-16 World Championship before being renamed to it’s current version in 2007....

The widely circulated fact Friday night: Teams trailing 3-1 in the best-of-seven Finals are 0-32. MORE: Must-see photos from Finals rematch Cavaliers coach Tyronn Lue is well aware of that fact, but he’s not ready to concede defeat. And he doesn’t want his team to do so, either. “If you don’t think we can win, don’t get on the plane,” Lue told reporters after the game. “We’ve got to come back anyway, so why not come back and play?...

Experts say we’ve come a long way with prevention and treatment. But there’s still more work to do when it comes to creating equity and fighting disinformation. “We have an arsenal of effective medication. We have testing,” Jonathan Blake, who has been living with HIV in the UK since 1982, tells Verywell. “But there is still this thing of stigma that stops people. Because, you know, what happens if I get a positive diagnosis....

With their utterly blank expression and austere cutout designs for the mouth, nose, and eyes, and easily chipped paint, it’s just plain eerie. To the modern fan, they bear a close resemblance to Dr. Hannibal Lecter’s mask in “Silence of the Lambs,” which happens to be the creation of a long-time fiberglass goalie mask maker named Ed Cubberly. He claims he had the whole thing designed it 10 minutes — it was just the bottom half of an old goalie mask design with some metal bars added over the mouth....

Nagelsmann believes Hoffenheim were unlucky not to finish the first leg with at least a draw, having dominated possession for extended periods of the match. Hoffenheim 150/1 to win the Champions League However, the 30-year-old was particularly guarded over counterpart Jurgen Klopp’s assertion Liverpool allowed Hoffenheim to keep the ball in certain areas of the pitch. “No, I don’t agree, we had the ball in many important spaces. He has to say that and defend his team, he won’t say ‘Hoffenheim played so well and we were sh*t’,” Nagelsmann said....

The 36-member group from the metropolitan LA area, sponsored by MSNBC and Luntz Research, met each night of the convention on a sound stage a few miles from the Staples Center. Each of the 12 moderate Republicans, 12 moderate Democrats and 12 independents has some college education, voted in the 1996 election and plans to vote in November. As they had done nightly, each participant held a device to register and tabulate their reactions to the speeches....

David Rachal, a Jacksonville, Fla., home-school student, recently spent $390 on his white-gold ring; he had Jostens inlay cubic zirconia where the school name would ordinarily go. “A lot of my friends who go to public school have class rings, and I wanted to show that I worked just as hard to graduate,” he says. “It’s a symbol of accomplishment.” And, like every other high-school ring, it’ll probably land in his sock drawer as soon as he gets to college....