Hey Mike
I'd have to say I feel the same way about my PC. Haha, only I'm an AS so I have other Miza-stuff going on in my head. It's natural though, to feel that way. We're proud when our creations take a life of their own, when their stories flow out of us naturally, but we are (but we shouldn't be!) ashamed when they become nothing but copypastes of our own humanity.
I don't have a "developmental block" such as you do, but I've got this well, to be technical about it, "progress block". I can't seem to set up my PC's area, the plot is there but I can't just grasp "it". It being a cohesive thread out of what I want to accomplish.
But I'm not here to grab hands and pass the tequila (by the way, do you drink?), I don't really want to start pitying myself, too, for being less creative than I usually am, neither do I want a schadenfreude from reading (haha, Mike is suffering like I am) your scrapbook.
I'm here to sprinkle sunshine and say, "Don't worry, and be happy." It's not a rut, Mike, it's just a small shallow crack in the floor. You can trip over it, but you're not supposed to fall into it. Wow, I feel like I sound so profound.
Cheerio!