psychological block

British  

noun

1. See block

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Example Sentences

The rabbit is comfort, desire and death, as well as a psychological block that undermines adult relationships.

From New York Times

“But they prefer to be in the mainstream. There is a psychological block against accusations that Russians are bad. They want to be on the side of good, and in that sense they prefer to use official sources of information, they prefer not to use alternative sources of information, and they prefer to believe the words of Putin and any officials.”

From Washington Post

For a while I had a psychological block; I went to go live in Japan and I didn’t feel at home there either.

From Los Angeles Times

The challenge on Sunday is to be more proactive, something that has not come easily in the eight years since City overcame their own psychological block with the 6-1 rout that began their purple patch.

From The Guardian

I have noticed that I have a psychological block around watching the final episode of a TV show.

From New York Times