Acharya Prashant explains that anxiety consists of two components: one based on imagination and the other based on facts. He notes that there is no magical formula to eliminate anxiety, but one must deal with these two parts differently. The imaginary component, which often makes up the vast majority of a person's anxiety, loses its power the moment one realizes it is merely a self-inflicted projection of a fertile mind. Since the mind can imagine anything, seeing the unfounded nature of these thoughts allows one to dispose of them entirely. The factual component of anxiety arises from a cause-and-effect relationship where an action has already been taken and the consequences are inevitable. Acharya Prashant suggests that when an outcome is certain and beyond one's control, there is no point in worrying further. He emphasizes that if a situation is already unpleasant, adding the burden of anxiety only makes it worse. Instead, one should have the courage to bear the factual consequences while minimizing further mental investment in a lost case, ultimately choosing to relax in the face of the unavoidable.