Mental Block (Noun)
Meaning
An inability to remember or think of something you normally can do; often caused by emotional tension; "I knew his name perfectly well but I had a temporary block".
Classification
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents.
Examples
- The pressure of the competition put her under so much stress that she developed a mental block and forgot the steps to her routine dance.
- He was stuck on the math problem, unable to think clearly due to a mental block caused by anxiety.
- After witnessing the accident, she suffered from a mental block that made her unable to get behind the wheel of a car.
- The famous actor suddenly had a mental block and forgot his lines in the middle of the play.
- Sitting for the exam seemed to bring out a mental block in him as he struggled to recall even the simplest concepts.