Sentence examples for has a mental block from inspiring English sources

In WG Sebald's great Holocaust novel, Austerlitz, the eponymous hero, who escaped Prague on a kindertransport, has a mental block when it comes to the German-speaking lands.

But Van Gaal does not think the striker has a mental block.

It's clear that France has a mental block about Islam.

There might be a root cause why the child has a mental block on the topic that is not fixed by treating the symptom (failing the class) -- emotional problems, psychological issues, getting bullied, a boring instructor/teacher, someone talking to the child in class distracting him or her -- all of these could factor in on why this particular subject or class is a problem.

"I have a mental block," he said.

But for some reason, I seem to have a mental block.

Maybe it was because I had a mental block about the importance of hitting home runs.

Sánchez dismissed any speculation that he had a mental block, saying he had no reason to worry about the shoulder.

I was riding in a chase later on and I thought it was a chase, I had a mental block.

"No, one had a mental block, caused by fatigue and perhaps living with a downbeat character like Querry for two years.

"I don't think it was so much that he was afraid, but I think he had a mental block after that," she said.