If we get stuck in one stage or the other, the process of grieving is not complete, and cannot be complete.

如果我们仅仅陷入了某个阶段或其他阶段而不能自拨，那么悲痛的过程是不完整的，不能完成。

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A horse had to be cut free with a chainsaw after it managed to get its head stuck in a tree.

在这匹马“成功”地将自己的头卡在树里以后，人们迫不得已动用链锯才把它解救出来。

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This is why so many people get stuck in a revolving-door cycle, as being alone can be so painful that people would rather be in a bad relationship.

这就是为什么很多人被困在旋转门中，因为一个人实在太过痛苦，还不如在一段烂关系中。

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But we must be careful not to get stuck in it.

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Some fliers may not be able to get their heads around it because they're stuck in the past.

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"I'm not going to be so stuck in the mud that an opportunity to actually get something done is flagrantly wasted because of a kind of predetermined stubbornness, " he told U.S.-based journalists.

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