Acharya Prashant addresses a questioner suffering from depression for seven to eight years, which originated from family situations. The speaker points out that while the questioner has tried various remedies like yoga and meditation, he has failed to address the root cause of his problem—the family situation itself. Acharya Prashant uses an analogy to illustrate this point: it is like having a leech stuck to your back and, instead of removing it, trying to cure the problem by eating various foods like chocolate ice cream or cotton candy. The treatment must be applied where the problem lies. He explains that in every situation of sorrow, there are two interconnected aspects: the external situation that gives sorrow and the internal entity that suffers it. These are two sides of the same coin, and one cannot exist without the other. To find a solution, one must treat either the external situation or the internal sufferer. Spirituality, he says, advises starting with the inner self—the one who is so eager to experience suffering. This is because changing external situations is not always in our hands, and if the inner tendency to suffer remains, it will find new situations to derive sorrow from. Acharya Prashant clarifies that when the inner self is treated, the desire to remain in sorrow-giving external situations also dissolves, leading to a change in both the inner and outer worlds. He states that we are not truly helpless; it is our own blind desires that make us feel so. Depression is a mental event centered on ignorance and the desires born from it. When you want something that cannot be, and this happens repeatedly, the resulting frustration is called depression. The real meditation, he concludes, is to address the primary cause of suffering rather than just its symptoms.