Grappling Block Bug

[The Blackangel]

Every so often when I start a new file, a bug enacts with it that don't let me win anything when someone/something has a hold of me. Like when the train conductor has me in a headlock and when Tommy has me in a headlock for example, the game won't let me fight my way out of it and I lose. I have to just keep losing until the game gives me the option to skip the checkpoint. It really takes away a lot of the enjoyment of the game for me. It even happens when an animal attacks me like a wolf or cougar. If they get on top of me, I'm screwed.

I don't know what to do about this. I'm on a PS5, but the game was doing this on my PS4 as well. I've uninstalled and reinstalled it several times. There are other bugs that don't affect the gameplay like this, but this one is a really big problem for me in my eyes.