Acharya Prashant addresses a question about managing fear and anxiety, particularly during menstruation. He explains that this situation reveals the physical basis of mental states. While at other times the physical origins of thoughts and feelings are hidden, during menstruation it becomes obvious that the mental state arises from a physical place. He clarifies that our thoughts and feelings are never solely of the mind; the mind is concurrently the body and the pure Self (Atma). The mind is like a sandwich, with the bodily component present from birth, while devotion to the pure Self is a matter of choice. Most people, he states, do not make this choice, and consequently, their mind is little more than the brain, a physical organ. Ideally, the mind (consciousness) should exceed the brain (body). When the mind is confined to the brain, it becomes just another physical organ like the arms, feet, or uterus. He asserts that gynecology is psychology, implying that what we perceive as our mind is often just our hormonal and glandular functions. Our feelings, thoughts, decisions, and relationships become very chemical and biological. The speaker advises realizing that these processes are just chemistry, predictable and mechanical. One should not take them personally as something happening to "you." It is a process of the body, and the mind should remain free and untouched by these bodily vagaries. He encourages the questioner to recognize, "It's not happening to me. It's not personal. I'm not a body. I'm not a woman." One can be certain of being the observer of the happening, and the observer cannot be the observed phenomenon. By repeatedly practicing this dis-identification and pulling oneself away from the bodily experience, one's relationship with these phenomena will change, which is what truly matters.