blocked in my mind: dose any one else have this?

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i apologize for not being an active member in the community and only showing up when i have a problem but this is the only place i know to turn to

so my problem is that i feel physically blocked when i try to answer some problems its very difficult to explain this feeling
but when im working lets say a programing problem i will feel that my mind will put a wall around the answer but i can never get around it and it becomes very frustrating i fell that i have an answer but can never get it when i see someone else solve the same problem i realize that i had that answer but couldn't writ it down
i wish i could explain it better

edit: i apologize if this is the wrong place to post this thread but it seemed relevant

dose any one know what this phenomenon is at least or dose any one share this feeling

I think I know what you mean. Do you have any other problems or issues that you are finding difficult to deal with? Often, when I have other issues bothering me, I am unable to think effectively or clearly about anything until I deal with my issues.

I know the feeling. Still looking for a way to fix it, but it's like parts of my brain are restricted-access.

precisely and the more you push the harder it pushes back
i spent a lot of time on Google to no avail

it would be nice to know if any one knew what it is

So you are talking about writers block of some sort?
I am writing my thesis and will go days and even weeks knowing what I need to write and how to explain it verbally, but to actually put it down on paper seems impossible. For me, it feels like I have a sphere of information in my head, but I have to lay it out in a straight line, so I have the solution but can't convey it. The only way I have been able to get around that is to have someone write down points as I explain them, or point out the important things to mention, then help me arrange them as an outline.

close but no at the same time i cant even get close to trying to explain an anwser to someone

oh I think I have that problem too! I'm getting this feeling very often in a conversation where I need to answer the question quickly. In this kind of situation I'm feeling a little bit awkward, because I know that these people are waiting for my answer and they are staring at me the whole time til I say something. So instead of saying something, my mind just blocks automatically and I can't say anything..

ahhh I know what your talking about! I had a really nice grade 8 teacher who understood my "learning disabilities" and adjusted the work to suite my needs (I almost got 100% in that class compared to usually getting b's and c+'s)! I find having multiple choice questions instead of answering things normally resolves that problem but unfortunately most teachers don't do things like that

OP, can you give an example of a problem whose solution you felt blocked from accessing? I'm thinking that there may be techniques you can use to work around the block.

Programming problems in particular can often seem as though "either you get it or you don't", when in fact there are numerous techniques for approaching such problems and achieving a solution even though you never have the "oh I get it!" moment except at the end.

Newbies in particular are susceptible to the jedi methodology as learned in all of their first 12 years of school, where problems were usually answered with memorized responses, or application of memorized responses. And so every problem is just an exercise in "using the force"; wherein they hope some memorized solution will just leap out at them if they work their memory hard enough. But when faced with an abstract problem with no clearly defined solution or path to one, they kind of give up, because they haven't been taught how to approach and solve such problems.

I believe I know what you're talking about. However, for me, I'm an NT who has lived with aspie geniuses for a long time, so it's kind of like being the dumb kid in class your whole adult life.

I'll have an idea that I kind of feel in my head. Maybe I'll read a lot of social theory or hear professors talking and I know something is wrong and so I start thinking about it, but I can't formulate how it's wrong at first. So I'll bounce it off of other people and see what they think. Usually they don't see it but sometimes I'll get some interesting opinions. I'll keep thinking about it and maybe I'll read more books and talk to more regular people and professors about it. I'll also search databases and read scientific journal articles about different things relating to my topic.

Months and possibly a year or more will go by and then I'll finally have solved whatever I'm thinking about.

I sometimes put an intentional memory callus of sorts around memories I don't like, so that they're harder for my mind to access inadvertently in everyday thought, or at least feel the emotion connected with them, using a four digit string of numbers and three words. Anyone else?

It happens to me a lot; especially when I'm studying. My guess is the mind is to scattered to retrieve the answer. If it's a problem in your coding, ask a colleague to have a look. A fresh set of eyes always help.

I know how you feal with it. Someone else gave those advices :
Strategies (which work for me – and are hopefully portable):
1. Talk about it (or, in my case, type it the comments) as if you were having a conversation. Record that conversation. Either by using a recording device, or by typing as you speak, or by having someone else write or type up your words as you speak them.
2. Take a lot of caffeine – it DOES work a little bit like ADD/ADHD meds do in lowering the ‘barriers’. Avoid sugar/sweeteners – they minimize the function of the caffeine. (Yes, this is self-medicating….but, at least, caffeine is not a narcotic or anything…)
3. Put the ‘words you spoke’ into a word-processing file, version 1
4. Re-organize the sections into the proper order for whatever format you require them to be in.
5. Edit the words to form paragraphs in the proper format.

I dont know if it helps