Dear Corticality:

You are welcome. I agree with your distinction between feelings and rational thoughts. When feelings are attached to irrational thoughts, counter rational thoughts do not resolve or change the feelings. Except it is possible when engaging in a process of  healing, and that is what Cognitive Therapy (as in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, CBT) is about. Over  time  it  is possible  to develop different feelings for what  is rational, or true to reality.

anita