Registered on one portal where media representatives can address questions to experts from various fields of professional activity. At the end of last month, a representative of a well-known media outlet (I will not indicate the name) asked psychologists for answers to such questions ( I quote): “Why do you have a dream on the night from Thursday to Friday? Is there evidence that such dreams are prophetic? Why exactly from Thursday to Friday? And not on other days? What does it mean to have a dream from Thu to Fri? Interpretation of dreams from Thursday to Friday with a scientific approach. Examples. What do black and white dreams mean in this case? If you have a bad dream, will it also come true? On what other days do you have prophetic dreams? Interesting scientific facts about dreams." And today a representative of another equally well-known media outlet writes (I also quote); “I’m looking for an expert psychologist who will tell you why you dream of a ghost” and “why you dream of acne according to the dream book.” Below I present my answer to the first journalist, after which he looked at my answer, but for some reason did not answer me. Why do you think he didn’t answer? In general, I somehow wanted to popularize knowledge regarding dreams, so I am publishing this text. The psychological interpretation of dreams has nothing to do with the interpretation of dreams according to the dream book. There are no answers to questions from the first to the fourth, as well as the sixth and seventh from a scientific point of view, because there is no evidence that some days of the week are special and that on some Then on certain days of the week I have “prophetic” dreams. The only thing that can explain the “linking” of the dream to the day of the week is that for many cultures and religions the night before Friday and Friday itself are considered a holy day. This is probably where the belief came from that from Thursday to Friday one has “prophetic” dreams. Researchers (philosophers, psychologists) usually consider “prophetic” dreams (such dreams are called prognostic) concerning the circle of closest and dearest people, which makes it possible not to unite them with the phenomenon of extrasensory perception. This is due to the fact that close people are in the same field - they know and understand each other better (sometimes without words), they feel each other better. Close people are connected by life context. However, psychological science eschews such phenomena and interprets them very carefully. Moreover, the interpretation of a dream as prognostic occurs only after the occurrence of the predicted event. You can find scientific articles (usually of the Jungian psychoanalytic direction), where the reasons for the occurrence of prognostic dreams are spoken of as the invasion of the contents of unconscious intuitive life into the sphere of consciousness. It is necessary to distinguish between the concepts of sleep and dreaming. Sleep is a physiological state of rest and rest, characterized by a reduced reaction to the surrounding world, in which the work of consciousness completely or partially stops. The unconscious takes its turn. The average sleep duration is usually from 6 to 8 hours. Sleep is cyclical, and we see dreams in the REM phase (There is a clear connection between the REM (rapid eye movement) phase and dreams. If you wake up a sleeper at this time, in 90% of cases you can hear a story about a vivid dream). Although formally the REM sleep phase is not the only one when we dream. If we take the loose definition of dreaming as any kind of mental activity reported when a person is awake, then we can say that we dream in all phases of sleep. Dreaming is a state of consciousness that we experience during sleep. If we talk about dreams as hallucinogenic, motor, emotional and strange experiences with rich content, then such images come from REM sleep. They can be bright, lively and sometimes strange or unreal. Typically, people have colorful dreams. The color, so to speak, of a dream depends on the person’s emotionality or strong emotional experiences the day before. The saturation of colors corresponds to the strength of human emotions. In less emotional peoplejust dreams can be black and white. A long time ago, physiologist Ivan Mikhailovich Sechenov called dreams “An experienced combination of unprecedented impressions.” His statement (I quote): “In a dream, there is a chaotic disinhibition of brain cells - neurons, which is realized in unprecedented combinations of experienced impressions.” Indeed, the dreams of a modern person, as a rule, consist of intertwined fragments of impressions from simple images of objects and people to quite vivid scenes. They are experienced as if they were happening in real life. These scenes can be about one thing or consist of several thematic blocks, more or less intricately connected with each other. Moreover, in a dream we cannot see anything that does not exist in real life. There are many classifications of dreams. Currently, there are databases of dream retellings, for example, DreamBank, containing more than 20 thousand dream retellings, and the Dreamboard platform, containing more than 250 thousand stories. The main conclusion of studies conducted on a large sample: human dreams are more similar than different, even despite significant cultural differences. And in the classifications, prophetic dreams are distinguished. Their nature has not yet been proven by science. There is an assumption that sensitive, emotionally attuned people (they do not necessarily have any extrasensory abilities) can perceive the problems of others more acutely than their own and, as it were, become immersed in the life of another person and can, more often than not, completely by accident, “see” his fate .The functions of dreams can be varied and include:1. Reflection of the subconscious. Dreams reflect our hidden desires, fears, conflicts and emotions that we are not aware of in everyday life. They can be a way for our subconscious to express itself.2. Predicting the future, which may be related to our intuition or ability to perceive implicit signals.3. Creative inspiration. Dreams often become a source of inspiration and creative development. Many artists, writers and composers find ideas and images in their dreams, which they then use in their art.4. Psychological treatment. Dreams help us process emotional and psychological traumas, experiences and problems that we experience in everyday life. They can be a way for our mind and subconscious to try to find a solution or overcome difficulties. Dreams are a process of mental digestion. A way to digest reality. One of the forms of containerization.5. Exploration of the unconscious. Dreams give us the opportunity to delve into the unconscious and explore its depths. They can help us understand the deeper and unconscious aspects of our personality and behavior. There are several dream plots that almost all people dream about - a fall, a chase, an exam, accidents, being late, flying, etc. Since dreams reflect emotions, and emotions “speak” "in the language of images, therefore one of the approaches to dream interpretation is symbol analysis. In its most general form, for example, the symbol of a house can reflect a feeling of security, comfort and intimacy, and can also indicate a sense of belonging and identity; water can symbolize emotions, the subconscious and intuition. Its state (for example, calm or stormy) may indicate the state of the dreamer's emotions, and the symbol of a swamp may indicate sadness or being stuck in some life situation; flying in a dream can symbolize freedom, a higher perspective and the desire for self-development, which is associated with a feeling of liberation and overcoming limitations. And the staircase symbolizes progress, moving between life stages or achieving goals, etc. When people talk about “bad” dreams, they most often mean dreams of death. In general, death very rarely appears in a dream in the form of some open signs - a coffin, a grave, crosses, wreaths. A grave in a dream is more about suppressed feelings that