Nicely written. I think that cognitive conflicts are very closely related to emotional ones, neuropsychologically that is. When our beliefs contradict each other we don't know what to think or what to do, and we get emotionally upset. That's why cognitive therapy is effective with people who want to learn to change their lives by changing their minds...new habits of thought produce new habits of behavior, which are purposefully designed to produce better results and better feelings...(imo)