‘’Cognitive or mental tics are thoughts, phrases, urges, songs, words, scenes that intrude into consciousness, and are difficult to remove, so causing irritation to the person. They are not to be confused with obsessions. Obsessions are usually coherent doubts or images about aversive events or thoughts. Mental tics are neutral or pleasant or stimulating – at least initially. Obsessions are part of an obsession–compulsion sequence where an aversive thought leads on to bad consequences. Mental tics are sequences in themselves. The person does not report bad consequences related to mental tics, and one mental tic does not necessarily chain on to other mental tics, although, unlike obsessions, tics can be substituted.‘‘
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Mental tics can be different volumes, so you may have a repetitive phrase or song in your mind that is 'louder' than your usual thoughts.
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But for some of us, mental tics can be tiring, stressing, and can make you lose focus, and are not pleasant, in my opinion, the difference on mental tics and an obsession is that obsessions can make you feel anxious, but mental tics don’t.
A name for them, is paliskepsi, echoskepsi and coproskepsi.
Coproskepsi: Swear words in the mind.
Echoskepsi: Repeating things in your mind which you have heard.
Paliskepsi: Rethinking your own thoughts.
Or are just called mental tics.
