I am stuck or I have been stuck.?

Question

I am an ESL student and wondering how I am stuck and I have been in stuck different here.

I am trying to picture what it would be like to look off beyond something but I am stuck.

I am trying to picture what it would be like to look off beyond something but I have been in stuck.

Would you let me know when you use the first one and the second?

Thank you in advance.

Answer 1

i have been in stuck is bad grammar. It should be i was stuck. This then means that the first is the present tense. The second would be past tense. I AM stuck and I WAS stuck showing the two tenses. therefore it is dependant on which tense you require.

Answer 2

1st one

Answer 3

The first one denotes that at this moment, in the present time, you are stuck.

The tense you are trying to convey in the second is the past perfect, that is, subject + have + past tense of verb, but the sentence would have to be changed to something like,

"I have been stuck before, trying to picture what it would be like to look off beyond something."   ... which still doesn't make great sense.

Depending on your native language, you may be trying to bring a tense into English that no longer exists.

I think you are trying to convey a sense of being stuck at one time, but no longer.

Answer 4

I am stuck = simple present tense.

I have been stuck = present perfect.

In the first case, you are saying you are unable to picture beyond because you are stuck right now.

In the second, you are saying you are trying to picture beyond but you have either been stuck at some indefinite time or started being stuck in the past and continue to be stuck right now.

I'm assuming the word "in" in the second example in a typo.