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What word describes when an image or thought gets stuck in your head?

Is there an English word that describes when you do the something all day and then it gets stuck in your head.

Examples of what I'm describing:

  • You spend 12 hours straight solving crossword puzzles and afterwords, you look at a restaurant menu and find your self counting the letters of the words and thinking of synonyms
  • You spend all day on a rocky boat and when you get back to land, you still feel rocking - even hours later.
  • You spend all day at a theme park, wading through people, and later in bed, when you close your eyes, you see people everywhere even if you try to stop the thought.

The closest word I've found is "earworm", but this is only for music replaying in your head, not images, thought processes, or tasks.

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