I'm going to start off by saying I wouldn't wish a mental block on my worst enemy. It's like wanting to do something, but you physically cannot do it. I got my big mental block, that I still have, August 5th, 2016. I will never forget that date. My coaches encourage us to get privates to get new skills, so I did. I went to privates before and they were great; I was friends with my private coach and all was peachy. I went to go do a layout and I bailed 7 ft in the air and landed on top of my head. I had people running at me to make sure I was okay; parents of kids who were on the floor ran over to me and told me not to move. My coach called my parents and they rushed to the gym. I was then brought to the hospital in an ambulance on a spinal board and in a neck brace. The trauma room was filled with people, everyone doing something different. They did CT scans, x-rays. It was the scariest day of my life. I was sent home with a neck brace and told to come back in three days. I went back and got the neck brace taken off, but I was out of cheerleading for over a month. I was then made an alternate on my dream team. I developed a mental block that got worse with time. I bailed again about a month or so later and made my mental block worse. Today I did my tuck for the first time without warming up or anything, by myself. It was the best and scariest moment of my life. If you never had mental block you're lucky but you wouldn't understand someones mental block. You can't just go up to them and tell them to do it. It doesn't work like that. They will do it when they're ready. That may take a week, or it may take years. I've had mental blocks that took a few days and I've had this one, that I'm still not completely over and it's been 5 months. I will forever say this: if you've never had mental block, you can't go up to someone and say just do it. You will make them more scared, likely because it will make them think about it too much, trying to make you happy. Be patient and calm.