mental block - 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"

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inability - lack of ability (especially mental ability) to do something

writer's block - an inability to write; "he had writer's block; the words wouldn't come"

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