Informative speech outline (overcome insomnia)
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This informative speech outline provides tips on overcoming insomnia in 3 parts. First, it discusses examining daily habits like caffeine, naps, and sleeping pills that disrupt sleep and reducing or eliminating them. Second, it recommends adopting new habits such as keeping a dark, quiet bedroom and regular sleep schedule. Third, it suggests preparing the brain for sleep by increasing daytime light exposure, limiting screens before bed, and reducing noise and clock viewing at night. The outline aims to inform the audience of simple ways to overcome insomnia themselves.
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- 1. INFORMATIVE SPEECH OUTLINE Topic: Overcoming Insomnia Specific Purpose:I will inform my audience on how to overcome insomnia. I. Introduction A. Attention Material:What is insomnia? Insomnia is the condition of being unable to sleep. People with insomnia, may be plagued by trouble falling asleep, unwelcomeawakenings during the night, and fitful sleep. They may experience daytime drowsiness yet still be unable tonap, and are often anxious, irritable, and unable to concentrate.Insomnia is one of the most common types of sleep disturbance, at least occasionally affecting about one in three people. B. Tie to the Audience:As you are listening to me, I know that not every one suffers from insomnia. But still, there is a time when you cannot really close your eyes and you wonder what is stopping you from getting your nice and comfy sleep. Therefore, I dare to say that you are actually experiencing the same problem of those who are suffering from insomnia. C. Credibility Material:To be frank, I experience insomnia all the time. When I was small, my parents would ask my brothers and I to go to bed at 10 pm every night. However, when I started to lie on my bed, I would not fall asleep immediately. I could only really close my eyes two or three hours later. I never knew that I was also suffering from insomnia until I happened to read an article about sleeping disorder in a
- 2. newspaper when I was in high school. Eventually, I knew I was experiencing it during that time. D. Preview:Insomnia, which is due to various causes and includes a variety of symptoms, can be reduced or eliminated in a number of ways. So today, I will inform you on how to overcome insomnia. Firstly, I will tell you to take look at your daily habits which disturb your sleep. Secondly, I will inform you how to overcome insomnia by creatively adopting new habits and lastly, I will tell you to prepare your brain well for sleep. II. Body A. First and foremost, to overcome insomnia, try to look at your daily habits which disrupt your sleep. Some of the things you are doing as daily habits may actually make the problem worse. 1. If you’re using sleeping pills to fall asleep, this will disrupt your sleep even more over the long-term. In addition, taking sleeping pills are really not good for your health. Even though it may take a few days for your body to get used to the change, but once you do, you will sleep better. 2. Reducing one's caffeine intake is also compulsory. Often insomniacs are very sensitive to this stimulant and thus may be unable to sleep after only one cup of soda or coffee in the afternoon. Therefore, if one has a problem of falling asleep, just try to sleep without caffeine completely or at least stop drinking caffeinated drinks at least eight hours before bed.
- 3. 3. Plus, limiting alcohol is necessary because alcohol can make you feel sleepy and itinterferes with the quality of your sleep. You may drink a glass of warm milk to replace the alcohol. 4. The next prevention is getting rid of cigarette. Nicotine, a drug contained in cigarette smoke can affect one’s ability to sleep. Studies show cigarettes raise blood pressure, speed up the heart rate, and stimulates brainwave activity. Sleep often improves dramatically in smokers who quit. 5. Other than that, the main thing to be focused now is to hold yourselves from taking naps during the day because napping during the day can make you more difficult to sleep at night. [Transition: When you have tried to avoid yourself from doing those habits, you may find sleeping time is the best time you ever had.] B. Besides, another way to help you sleep is by adopting new habits. Being creative even in your sleep is needed so that you can have a quality sleep. 1. The easiest thing to do is by keeping your bedroom is quiet, dark, and cool. Noise, light, and heat can interfere with sleep. Therefore, try using a sound machine or earplugs to hide outside noise, an open window or fan to keep the room cool, and blackout curtains or a sleep mask to block out light. 2. Next, sticking to a regular sleep schedule helps to support your biological clock by going to bed and getting upat the same time every day, including weekends. Getting up at your usual time in the morning even ifyou are tired is a must. This will help you get back in a regular sleep rhythm.
- 4. 3. Plus, having a short reading before going to sleep is better. Besides increasing your knowledge, reading materials including newspapers, magazines, encyclopaedias and so on can guarantee you a nice sleep. 4. You may also choose todo some light activities such as watching television and playing video games. Avoid stimulating activity and stressful situations before bedtime. This includes vigorousexercise, big discussions or arguments. [Transition: Therefore, creating new habits are obviously not something to be regretted if you can have a nice sleep by doing that.] C. Last but not least, insomniacs are having difficulties in sleeping because they have weak and miserable mental condition. Therefore, the best way to overcome your insomnia is by preparing your brain for sleep. 1. The easiest way is by increasinglight exposure during the day. Take breaks outside in sunlight, remove your sunglasses when it is safe to do so, and open blinds and curtains during the day. 2. The most important thing to be highlighted is at night. It is better to limit artificial light. To boost melatonin production, use low-wattage bulbs, coverwindows and electrical displays in your bedroom, avoid bright light and turn off television andcomputer screens at least one hour before bed. If you can’t make your bedroom dark enough, tryusing a sleep mask. 3. Eliminating noise from your room before going to bed by turning off the phone or using the ear plugs can also be considered as wise alternatives to be taken. 4. Nevertheless, it is quite helpful to move your bedroom clocks out of your view. Anxiously watching the minutes tick by when you cannot sleep and knowing that you’re going to be exhausted when the alarm goes off is indeed a troublesomefor
- 5. insomniacs. You can use an alarm, but make sure you cannot see the time when you are in bed. [Transition to conclusion:Hence, there are so many things to be done to relax your mind so that your brain is really in a prepared condition to sleep.] III. Conclusion A. Final review: All in all, there are three important things to do to overcome insomnia. 1. Firstly, look at your daily habits which distract your sleep. 2. Secondly,be creative by adopting new habits to help you sleep. 3. Lastly, the best way to overcome your insomnia is by preparing your brain for sleep. B. Tie back to the audience: There are actually many othertreatments to cure insomnia. However, the treatments that I have just informed are the simplest ways to overcome it. Nevertheless, you do not have to seek for professional insomnia treatments as you can overcome your insomnia by yourselves just by following the tips given. If you started to have the insomnia symptoms, you better hurry to overcome it so that it would not turn into a tragic one. C. Concluding remarks: God will never change one’s fate if he himself does not try to make a change. Therefore, if you are so tired of suffering insomnia, you can make a
- 6. difference if you are very determined and put all your efforts to it. You must always expect for the best and be prepared for the worst. Works Cited: Boose, G., Robinson, L., Saisan, J., Segal, R., & Smith, M. (2013).Can’t Sleep? Causes, Cures, and Treatments for Insomnia.Helpguide.org. Retrieved March 9th 2013 from www.helpguide.org/life/insomnia_treatment.htm Winter, M. (2012). Insomnia? 42 Simple Tips to Help You Get to Sleep.Insomnia treatment, cures. Retrieved March 9th 2013 fromwww.well.com/~mick/insomnia/ Houser, K. V. (n.d.). 14 Sleep Tips: Overcoming Insomnia. Selfgrowth.com. Retrieved March 9th 2013 from www.selfgrowth.com/articles/Fourteen_Sleep_Tips_Overcoming_Insomnia.html
- 7. UITM MELAKA TSL 032 (LISTENING AND SPEAKING II) INFORMATIVE SPEECH OUTLINE [TOPIC :OVERCOMING INSOMNIA] NAME : NAQUIAH KHESA BINTI AHMAD MATRIC NUMBER : 2012832448 CLASS : MPI0202D LECTURER’S NAME : MISS SITI ZURAINA GAFAR