Why do we get words or small phrases stuck in our heads over and over and over and over?

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This is different than a song being stuck in your head. It could be a single word, or the ending of a sentence, etc. Why does it happen?

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Really should have stopped scrolling before I got to the “maybe you have ADHD or some other mental aberration” portion of the proceedings. I’m a singer and very often get ear worms…one time I had “All About that Bass” stuck in my head for a week and seriously considered checking myself into a hospital because it was making me cry by that point. But as far as words, I often have conversations and arguments in my head while getting ready for work in the morning, and weirdly it’s the tail end of those conversations that will sometimes get stuck in my head and go round and round for a while before they dissipate.

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