Perseverating

Perseverate. Although it is one of my favorite words, it unfortunately describes something I do too often. Thankfully my wife mentioned to me this morning that perhaps I've been perseverating on a few things in my life lately.

What does it mean?

• To manifest or experience perseveration.
• perseveration then means:
  
• Uncontrollable repetition of a particular response, such as a word, phrase, or gesture, despite the absence or cessation of a stimulus, usually caused by brain injury or other organic disorder.
• The tendency to continue or repeat an act or activity after the cessation of the original stimulus.

Bascially I see it as an act of unecessary perseverance. In the spirit of Burn The Ships it is time to pitch perseveration.

BTW - other words I like: viscosity, pedantic, probe, illuminate.