Stuck in stagger block, unable to attack.
I was farming exp for learning stagger and after awhile I got stuck. I couldn't attack with either X or Y, instead any time I did it would put me into guard position (but I wasn't actually guarding) and give me a small white motion effect around my hands. This happened in the Oratian quarter against an enemy who starts their moveset with eyepoke and ends in upper elbow. Death made it go away.