Emotional problems develop because of conflict or chaos in one’s mind. What causes the conflict or chaos? Usually, contradictions. The contradiction can be between what you think or know versus what you do. Or, the contradiction might be between two ideas held at the same time which contradict one another. Anxiety, depression and the like are logical consequences of the mental conflict or chaos bred by contradictions. Whatever else one does to “treat” the anxiety or depression, some part of the cure must ultimately involve discovering and correcting the contradictions.