to feel deeply torn because you know what is
right,
best or practical and that conflicts with what is pleasurable or what you ardently want.
A specific form of cognitive dissonance and inner-conflict.
Sometimes accompanied by ambivalence.
Often used to describe difficulty while developing
new habits.
I have not known so much intertippity since my
doctor first told me I was at risk for type II diabetes, and the waiter plunked down a big honkin' chocolate lava cake with vanilla ice
cream in
front of me.