Acharya Prashant explains that the urge to commit suicide stems from a deep desire to escape continuous suffering. He notes that suffering is not limited by age; whether one is five, twenty, or sixty years old, the pain is real relative to their mental state. However, he distinguishes between the wise and the unwise: while an unwise person tries to end their suffering by destroying their body, a wise person understands that the goal is to eliminate the suffering itself, not the physical form. He defines suffering as the constant experience of tension, jealousy, fear, and attachment that plagues the mind.