Writing Around the Big Ol' Block

This week, I was experiencing the dreadful writer's block. I hate it with all my being because writer's block is just such a......frustrating disease to have will trying to write something (i.e. blog).
Okay, writer's block is not an actual disease (because they would have [hopefully!] a cure for it). It's more like a state of mind in which you simply cannot write, no matter how hard you try. It's frustrating because you have ideas, you have thoughts, words at the tip of your tongue, but you just can't get them out.
There are numerous causes for writer's block, but some experts have the block linked with anxiety and depression. Which makes you start wondering about some of your favorite authors and whether or not they went through this period of 'depression'?
Did Alexander Dumas suffer from lack of inspiration? Or Victor Hugo? How about Emily Dickinson?
How did they even get over those moments of noncreativity? There's actually an author named Henry Roth who did not write a lick of text for sixty years because he suffered from writer's block! What did they do in order to over this giant brick that did not let them write out some great literature?
There are various exercises that you can do in order to get back on track. It's highly recommended to talk to someone so that you can get rid of the turmoil in your head or heart and have a clear mind to write. If that's not the case, then maybe writing down anything that you think of (good or bad) might lead to a brilliant idea that can win you a Pultizer Prize.
Writer's block is insufferable because then, you lose that mojo that made you a powerful, excellent writer. But, with all things, there are ups and there are downs.
I had writer's block. I ranted about having writer's block. And now, it's fading away. But I've already written my post and hopefully taught you more about powerful writing, so maybe the block wasn't so bad.
To check out some more symptoms and solutions for writer's block, click on the link to find a long list that may help push out the powerful writer in you:
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/567/01/