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The aim of the research was to learn what functions are given to dreams by women in different periods of life (secondary schools students, university students and middle-aged women). Also functions of dreams enumerated in literature were analysed (Adler, Levinson, Singer, Obuchowski, Łukaszewski). The following investigative methods were used: a structured interview concerning dreams and a questionnaire. 509 women participated in the research: 158 students of secondary schools (aged 16–18), 239 students of universities and 112 women aged 35–50 with the secondary education and higher. Preliminary suggestions about the use of knowledge concerning functions of dreams in pedagogical practice were presented in the article.