mental ritual
- obsessionPersistent, intrusive preoccupation
- compulsionIrresistible urge to act
- mantraRepeated focus phrase
- repetitionAct of redoing
- prayerAddress to deity
superstition · routine · checking · counting · intrusive · anxiety · loop · habit · thought · fixation · rumination · cleansing · warding · spell · incantation · meditation · affirmation · pattern
spontaneity vs. structure
mental ritualfree association
Unfiltered verbal thought flow
stream of consciousness · random thought · mind-wandering · daydreaming · creative flow