The following poem is from a collection of 41 written by me to try describing Huntington’s Disease (HD).
"Perseveration" is described as "the tendency of an idea, impression, experience, etc. to persist or recur, or of an individual to continue a particular mental activity without the ability to shift easily to another at a change in stimulus". In Psychiatry terms it is ,the persistent and pathological repetition of a verbal or motor response, often seen in organic brain disease.’ http://www.yourdictionary.com/perseveration
Here is just one example of perseveration. I have deliberately cut this to three parts as "What"s that thing?’ gets annoying to read after a while. In real life though that question could have gone on for hours!
The Stuck Record
“What’s that thing?” she asks her daughter,
“What’s what thing?” daughter replies.
“What’s that thing?” she asks her daughter,
Daughter’s now rolling her eyes.
“What’s that thing?” she asks her daughter,
Daughter’s trying to hold back,
“What’s that thing?” she asks her daughter,
Daughter’s primed now for attack.
“What’s that thing?” she asks her daughter,
Daughter’s calm now, counted ten.
“That thing there” she points at water,
Brain’s stuck record spins again.
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