Indesign CC 2014 (and 2013) locks up when switching to Photoshop, which also locks up

I'm on Windows 8 and I use InDesign and Photoshop at the same time. InDesign constantly locks up and and takes Photoshop with it. This happened on CC 2013 and still happens on 2014. If I force-quit InDesign then Photoshop continues to work again.
The behavior happens when I have InDesign open and then alt-tab to Photoshop. Thankfully InDesign recovers files well, but this is a major pain. It doesn't seem to affect Illustrator, another program I use often.
Does anyone else have this problem or know of a solution?

@MichaelCA
Wondering if maybe you're running into memory issues on your computer?
Check System requirements | Creative Cloud to see if your system meets the minimum requirements.
If you are running multiple applications at the same time, consider significantly increasing the amount of RAM installed in your computer. Adobe recommends 8Gb RAM when running Photoshop... so I'd at least opt for 16Gb, and if you can afford more... beef up your RAM even more.
Other things to try is clearing your preferences and caches, testing without third party plug-ins installed.
Cari

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