Rehearsing for public speaking, and having a cold (Your thoughts, please?)

[Emiko]

I know that one popular use for lucid dreaming is practicing speeches that you have to deliver in real life. I tried to do that last night, and here's what happened (excerpted from my DJ entry): I remember that my dreaming goal for tonight was to practice delivering my 30-second commercial, so I start practicing. "Hello, my name is (Emiko)," I say. "I'm a computer technician... networking technician... I'm a computer technician who specializes in networking." I go on to say the same thing I've been saying almost every time I've practiced this, about saving money for my previous employer. I can't think of anything new and creative to add to my 30-second commercial. I'm rather surprised. I had expected the words and thoughts to flow more easily here, but it's actually a little bit harder to deliver a good 30-second commercial in a lucid dream than it is in reality. [So much for using all of your brain's potential while you're dreaming. Not for that purpose, anyway. I suppose my brain was also busy generating the scenery around me. Or maybe I just need to gain more dreaming experience. I don't know.] There's another reason why I'm having difficulty practicing my 30-second commercial: I'm distracted by my stuffy nose, which is now running. I wipe it with a black paper napkin with white polka dots on it, remarking, “I didn't think dream bodies could get sick like this!” Anyone have any thoughts or similar experiences to share, either on the practicing-public-speaking part or the having-a-cold part?

[Caden]

I think you were distracted in the LD and then your mind threw in the cold as a reason as to why you where distracted.

[dakotahnok]

Weird, were you fully lucid? Maybe some type of mind block you had.

[Emiko]

Weird, were you fully lucid? Maybe some type of mind block you had. I think so. Maybe I did. :\

[Baron Samedi]

I think so. Maybe I did. :\ Firstly, congratulations on meeting a specific dream goal! That's an accomplishment unto itself. But, I already see your mental block: You told yourself you were going to practice your speech in a dream. Just speak in a dream! Say you are a purple alien fartnocker, and have a thousand DC's clap for you. Make it silly. You just need to get over yourself, really and not worry. You brought the stress from waking life into the dream world. The dream world is a place where all your dreams can come true. Sometimes we forget this! Next time, make it a fun fantasy. After your speech, an amazingly beautiful person introduces themselves, and takes you out to dinner on Mars... for example, or give your speech from the balcony of a mansion on a flying island. Get my drift?

[Emiko]

Firstly, congratulations on meeting a specific dream goal! That's an accomplishment unto itself. But, I already see your mental block: You told yourself you were going to practice your speech in a dream. Just speak in a dream. ... Get my drift? That makes sense! Thank you!