Funny, English is not my native language, I know what the difference is, but to put it in words is still very hard for me.. :) I will try anyway. First of all: the first 'confused' is a verb. Whereas the second is an adjective. Let's say you have 2 colleagues that look alike. You tell one: Hi Peter! But it turns out to be Paul. Now you can say: I confused Paul with Peter. Second one when your teacher has the longest math equation on the blackboard and you're like 'I GOT THIS!..' then you start reading and you're like WHAAAAAT is all this?!?! I don't understand all these numbers and characters! BOOOM, You got confused. Hope this helps :)

We would never say "I confused" If you use "confuse" as a verb, you need to use the structure "confuse X with Y" "Don't confuse the Georgia in America with the Georgia in the Caucasus. They are two completely different places." You can also "confuse" someone else. "This math problem confuses me." We usually use "confused" as an adjective. "I was confused"=I didn't understand something "I got confused"="I became confused"= I changed from not being confused to being confused. "I was confused about that word until the teacher explained it. Now I understand it." "At first, I thought I understood the physics of falling objects. Then, the teacher started discussing air resistance, and I got confused."

Thank you a lot, now it's clear! For Russian, here is the explanation below in Russian: * I got confused - я запутался ** I confused - два значения: 1) я перепутал (одно с другим) [I confused one girl with another one] (я перепутал одну девушку с другой) 2) Я запутал кого-то (я был причиной того, что кто-то запутался) [I totally confused those two fellows] (я полностью запутал тех двух ребят) *** I'm confused - тоже два значени: 1) меня запутали [I was confused by those two fellows] (те двое ребят запутали меня) 2) меня перепутали с кем-то [I was confused by the girl] (девушка меня перепутала (с кем-то, случайно)) **** I get confused - я путаюсь (постоянно в какой-то ситуации) [I get confused when I get too many e-mails at one time] (я путаюсь когда мне приходит одновременно слишком много писем)

I get confused - use this one if you are describing situations that might happen that usually confuse you. You are not necessarily confused now. "I get confused when I get too many e-mails at one time." "I get confused when I try to read train schedules." I got confused - You are talking about a situation that definitely happened in the past in which you became confused. "I got confused when I saw the instructions." "I got confused trying to read the signs in English."

I get confused - use this one if you are describing situations that might happen that usually confuse you. You are not necessarily confused now. "I get confused when I get too many e-mails at one time." "I get confused when I try to read train schedules." I got confused - You are talking about a situation that definitely happened in the past in which you became confused. "I got confused when I saw the instructions." "I got confused trying to read the signs in English."