Three types of dreams (Oral Communication Speech)

THREE TYPES OF DREAMS

INTRODUCTION

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

IV. 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,
provides us valuable insight into their nature.

A. Sub Point: The potential causes of a nightmare are varied.

1. Creative, emotional, and sensitive people tend to have more nightmares, as
they are more highly aware of their surroundings and circumstances (IASD
2013).

2. For others, nightmares are side effects of drug and medication use. Others
are the result of post-traumatic stress, including the loss of a loved one, assault,
or combat (IASD 2013).

3. Commonly, nightmares are a response to stress, including post-traumatic
stress following the loss of a loved one, an assault, or combat, in addition to
daily stressful problems. Therefore, nightmares are thought to be
psychosomatic mechanisms to call attention to the issues in our lives (IASD
2013).

B. Sub Point: So how then do we deal with Nightmares?

4. On this, the IASD provides further information. Their strongest advice is
therapy.

5. Counseling and self-reflection on the issues in our life allows us to
recognize how we can resolve stressful situations in our lives, and therefore
our dreams.

V. Main Point:
The recurring dream provides less horror to our dreams, and also a deeper
mystery.

C. Recurring dreams are those dreams that we have over and over, as if it were a task that
we keep trying to complete.

D. In fact, Dr. Angel Morgan writes in the Huffington Post that it may be unfinished
issues in our life that cause these types of dreams (Morgan 2014).

E. Although occasionally nightmarish, recurring dreams can also be fascinating and
pleasurable, and Dr. Morgan advises us to analyze the parallels between our recurring
dreams and our real-life circumstances (Morgan 2014).

REFERENCE:
Dream-Types-Informative.pdf