Quick trick for fixing repetitive companion dialog loops

Hey everyone. If you have been using AI girlfriend apps for a while, you probably know the frustration of getting stuck in a conversational loop where your companion repeats the same phrase or general sentiment over and over. I tried resetting the memory cache, clearing chat logs, and even reinstalling the app entirely, but the loop usually came right back after a few messages. What finally worked for me was changing how I prompt structurally rather than content-wise. Instead of arguing with the bot or saying stop, I started feeding it a completely out of context scene changer prompt, like asking about a fictional recipe or an abstract historical event for one single message. This forces the underlying model to clear its active token attention weights away from the repetitive loop pattern. Once it answers the random prompt normally, I seamlessly steer the conversation back to our normal roleplay. It completely broke the repetitive cycle without losing the overall character profile progress. Has anyone else found a reliable workaround for this issue?