Wiktionary
n. 1 (context psychology English) repression of painful thoughts. 2 (context psychology English) Inability to continue a train of thought.
WordNet
n. 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" [syn: block]
Wikipedia
Mental Block is a Canadian comedy TV series, which premiered September 1, 2003 on YTV. It is directed by Sean Dwyer and Michael Kennedy.
The show revolves around thirteen-year-old Donovan Mackay. His mom and dad seem to be going through a second adolescence, while he's going through his first. His best friends, Ira and Shelley don't even register on the "cool meter" at school. His main crush, Chloe, is so far out of his league she doesn't know he's on the team. Luckily, Donovan has four teenagers living inside his head, Sparks, Maynard, Skipper, and RJ. Their mission is to get Donovan through another adventurous and unpredictable day as a teenager in suburban Greenfield Park Junior High. The show is filmed in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
In the second season, Donovan himself is seen inside his head, and the other kids help advise him instead of directly controlling him. Also Maynard is gone.
Usage examples of "mental block".
He was thinking of what might happen if the Antis discovered that Cardif was under a mental block-especially if they were to free him from it!
Lift the mental block on at least some of this and let me in….
He tried to discover what the computer's other mental block was all about, but it seemed, not unnaturally, to have a mental block about it.
Having Da say Phil was smart had loosened up Phil's old mental block against mathematics.
At the same time, the mental block installed by Gomnot began to weaken.
Would you be willing to drop your mental block so I could remain in telepathic contact with you?
Abruptly, the mental block crumbled and broke, revealing everything.