the double bind

The double bind may not always be so damaging, but it always endangers the mental health of anyone to whom it is applied.

进退两难，不一定是这样有害，但人若陷于其中，会危及精神健康。

Repeated experience. The double bind is a recurrent theme in the experience of the victim and as such cannot be constituted as a single traumatic experience.

重复经历。 双重境地对受害人来说会反复出现，从而不构成单一创伤型经历。

If he eats the cake, it could kill him; if he refuses it, it will make his wife angry and she will reject him: a double bind.

如果他吃了蛋糕，它足可以要了他的命；如果他拒绝这么做，就会激怒太太而且她就会拒绝接纳他：一个双重约束。