Perseverate is interesting because it has a clinical defint. Pasically means when you persevere in a mal adaptive way. And perseveration is essentially sticking with things when it's bad for you. So i love to gamble. I've lost a hundred thousand dollars last week. That's perseverating. Or like somebody's having an argument with another person, and you're long past point in the discussion where other persons listening, or even in the same room. They may have left, but you're just making your point. My dad used to do this all te time,. hou bang the table with both hands, and like, everyone would have literally left the room, and he