I. Attention Getter: The world of imagination available to us in our sleep is probably taken for granted by many. However, no one can disagree to the mysteriousness of dreams.
II. Topic Clarification: To the end of exploring this mystery, and hopefully clarifying it, we can at least look to patterns in dreams. More specifically, we can look to the particular types of dreams that we can distinguish.
III. Roadmap: In this speech, I will describe three of them. I will take you through the nightmare, the recurring dream, and, finally, the lucid dream. body I. Main Point: First looking at nightmares, we all recognize that their mystery is first and foremost coupled with horror. The International Association for the Study of Dreams, or IASD, …show more content…
In Psychology Today, Dr. Berit Brogaard describes a lucid dream as a dream in which you have total conscious control. In his words, it’s “a chance to play around with the extraordinary abilities” of your imagination (Brogaard 2012).
B. For many, the experience is often therapeutic, spiritual, or simply fun.
C. Brogaard writes that lucid dreaming often takes extensive practice to accomplish, requiring enough sleep time, preparation, and being in the right mindset (Brogaard 2012).
D. But for many, the preparation is worth the opportunity to not only experience dreams’ mystery, but to be a part of it.
CONCLUSION
I. Transitional Signal: Now that we’ve briefly explored a few types of dreams, maybe we can be more grateful for their mystery.
II. Summary: I’ve explained nightmares and how we can resolve them, the recurring dream and the insight it can offer in our lives, and finally the lucid dream and its extraordinary possibilities.
III. Regardless of what type of dream you have, they’ve been a part of our experience since the dawn of humanity. Our dreams are as different as our personalities, and offer profound ways to explore our imaginations. Perhaps, in your next dream, you might be able to recognize what type it
II. Topic Clarification: To the end of exploring this mystery, and hopefully clarifying it, we can at least look to patterns in dreams. More specifically, we can look to the particular types of dreams that we can distinguish.
III. Roadmap: In this speech, I will describe three of them. I will take you through the nightmare, the recurring dream, and, finally, the lucid dream. body I. Main Point: First looking at nightmares, we all recognize that their mystery is first and foremost coupled with horror. The International Association for the Study of Dreams, or IASD, …show more content…
In Psychology Today, Dr. Berit Brogaard describes a lucid dream as a dream in which you have total conscious control. In his words, it’s “a chance to play around with the extraordinary abilities” of your imagination (Brogaard 2012).
B. For many, the experience is often therapeutic, spiritual, or simply fun.
C. Brogaard writes that lucid dreaming often takes extensive practice to accomplish, requiring enough sleep time, preparation, and being in the right mindset (Brogaard 2012).
D. But for many, the preparation is worth the opportunity to not only experience dreams’ mystery, but to be a part of it.
CONCLUSION
I. Transitional Signal: Now that we’ve briefly explored a few types of dreams, maybe we can be more grateful for their mystery.
II. Summary: I’ve explained nightmares and how we can resolve them, the recurring dream and the insight it can offer in our lives, and finally the lucid dream and its extraordinary possibilities.
III. Regardless of what type of dream you have, they’ve been a part of our experience since the dawn of humanity. Our dreams are as different as our personalities, and offer profound ways to explore our imaginations. Perhaps, in your next dream, you might be able to recognize what type it