mental block

English

Noun

mental block (countable and uncountable, plural mental blocks)

  1. (psychology) Repression of painful thoughts.
    His mental block is due to a childhood trauma which he will not confront.
  2. (psychology) Inability to continue a train of thought.
    Coordinate term: creative block
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