I get stuck.

I don't believe in writer's block, and I don't have it.

For a long time I seemed to have coder's block, until I realized that I believed in it. Once I realized I believed in it, I stopped believing in it, and I stopped getting it.

But it's useful to remind myself that I get stuck. It's a thing that happens—I feel paralyzed. Noticing that I feel paralyzed helps, because I know that I am not paralyzed. This cycle has whirled around its track so many times: I feel paralyzed, believe I'm paralyzed, hopeless, can't get going. But ultimately, I am not paralyzed. I am not hopeless. I can get going.

I get stuck.

That doesn't mean I am stuck. I and stuck are not identical. We are not identical or fraternal twins. Stuck and I are simply beings that understand each other.

When you truly understand a problem, it melts.