SYMPTOMS OF DEPRESSION

By S-Dot for The S-Dot Files

Generational depression is running rampant today. Many people who are often perceived as having a lot of “potential” are experiencing extreme bouts of sadness which they are unable or unwilling to share with others. With so many distractions (Facebook, Twitter, etc.) to preoccupy their time this generation is becoming more disconnected from resources that can help stop their hurting. Are you depressed?

Here are a few signs of depression:

- Find yourself focusing on other people’s lives more than your own.

- Constantly negatively comparing yourself to others and feel like a failure.

- When you see someone accomplishing something you verbally attack them (“He/she thinks they’re better than…”) or spread malicious gossip (“I heard he/she…”) to contribute to conflict.

- Smoke or drink yourself to sleep and/or awake to smoke/drink to get your day started.

- Six-pack turns into a keg or 40 oz (you are abdominally challenged).

- Find yourself consumed with television programs or video games.

If any of these signs sound familiar it is highly likely you are suffering from depression. You should reach out and get help today.

LIVING BLACK HISTORY...DR. FRANCES CRESS WELSING

By S-Dot for The S-Dot Files

As we come to another February which is set aside as "Black History Month" each year, I think it's vitally important that we not just look back and reflect on unsung heroes/sheroes of yesteryear. It is equally important that we acknowledge the continuing efforts of those committed to growth and development of Black people right here, right now.

DR. FRANCES CRESS WELSING

Born in Chicago on March 18, 1935, this third generation physician practices general and child psychiatry in Washington, DC specializing in behavioral science rooted in her “Cress Theory of Color Confrontation” which is explored in her must-read book “The Isis Papers: The Keys to the Colors (1991).”

The brilliant Dr. Welsing shared in the Isis Papers, "Racism (white supremacy) is the local and global power system and dynamic, structured and maintained by persons who classify themselves as white, whether consciously or subconsciously determined; which consists of patterns of perception, logic, symbol formation, thought, speech, action, and emotional response, as conducted, simultaneously in all areas of people activity (economics, education, entertainment, labor, law, politics, religion, sex, and war); for the ultimate purpose of white genetic survival and to prevent white genetic annihilation on planet Earth - a planet upon which the vast and overwhelming majority of people are classified as nonwhite (black, brown, red and yellow) by white skinned people, and all of the nonwhite people are genetically dominant (in terms of skin coloration) compared to the genetic recessive white skin people."

Neely Fuller Jr., Dr. Frances Cress Welsing & Dr. Na'im Akbar (Pictured left to right)

She began her career at Cook County Hospital as an intern (1962-63); then became a resident in general psychiatry at St. Elizabeth Hospital (1963-66); advanced to a fellowship child psychiatry at Children's Hospital (1966-68); and entered private practice in general and child psychiatry in Washington, DC in 1966; served as assistant professor of pediatrics at Howard University College of Medicine (1968-75); clinical director at Hillcrest Children's Center (1975-76); affiliated with Paul Robeson School for Growth and Development, North Community Mental Health Center, Washington, DC, (1976-90).

(((sDOTtv))) now playing Dr. Frances Cress Welsing "Black Mental Health"

Dr. Welsing has appeared in the critically-acclaimed documentaries “500 Years Later (2005)”and “Hidden Colors: The Untold History of People of Aboriginal, Moor, and African Descent (2011)” sharing her insights on the color consciousness impact on the world’s mass oppressive social hierarchy. She has appeared on numerous television and radio shows; been invited as a lecturer on numerous campuses and remains a vibrant advocate for global justice.

SETI vs POLIGHT: Who Won?

By S-Dot for The S-Dot Files

WHO WON?

Did General Seti rag doll him?

(((sDOTtv))) now playing Seti’s Warning to Polight!!!! HD 720

Or did the Young Phenom cause an upset?

(((sDOTtv))) now playing 2 Middleweights Brother Polight vs. Sara Suten Seti

S-Dot was right there in the second row when Sara Suten Seti and Brother Polight went toe-to-toe in their IS THE WHITE MAN THE DEVIL or ARE WE OUR OWN WORST ENEMY debate. He saw, heard and experienced it for himself. Now you can get firsthand knowledge of what really went down. If you missed it. You don’t want to miss this… Stay tuned for a play-by-play account on the next THE BLACK LOVE EXPERIENCE with S-Dot on Wednesday, December 12, 2012 @ 8 – 10 pm (EST) call-in 347.308.8527 or click by and join in the live chat discussion.

WHEN OBAMA SPEAKS...

By S-Dot for The S-Dot Files

It's important to keep your team motivated. This is a great, heartfelt example of how to keep the troops on the field.

Watch and learn. He'll show you how to do this son...

HELLO BROOKLYN

By S-Dot for The S-Dot Files

Hello Brooklyn,

Tonight we make history… Those of us from the most thorough borough who have endured so many years of being counted out knew the one thing to count on is we would stay on that “Brooklyn sh*t.” As we come out tonight to welcome one of our own home at the Barclay Center, let’s S-T-A-N-D U-P and remember all those who did not make here.

Pour out libations to lost, but not forgotten generations.

Bay Ridge, Brownsville, Bed Stuy, Bensonhurst, Brooklyn Heights, Bushwick, Canarsie, Carroll Gardens, Clinton Hill, Cobble Hill, Coney Island, Crown Heights, DUMBO, Dyker Heights, East New York, Flatbush, Fort Greene, Fort Hamilton, Gravesend, Kensington, Marine Park, Midwood, Mill Basin, New Utrecht, Ocean Hill, Park Slope, Prospect Heights, Red Hook, Sheepshead Bay, Sunset Park, Weeksville and Williamsburg…

S-T-A-N-D U-P!!!

S-Dot

On that Brooklyn sh*t since 1968