triggered? By what you had been talking about in your session?

As Draggers says... triggered and hyper-aroused. When my left brain goes off line and I'm left with all right brain feelings and I cannot regulate. Something kicks off a reaction where my sympathetic nervous system goes into high gear and it takes some time for it to calm down enough for me to think and function normally. I hate when this happens.

TN

It's a anxious or triggered normally... If referring to it at the end of session? I'd mean raw (maybe not outright triggered)'or sensitive. My sessions usually end after a couple minutes of closing/titration where my mind and body calm... If I miss that then i would be "activate"... Prime target for triggers and emotional messiness!

Anxious, and/or fight/flight/freeze kicked into gear.

It can actually refer to anxiety, fear, anger, or even excitement. Any time the nervous system is in an "up" state.

how did your T read it, RT?

She thought I was saying that I felt set up, victimized.

I meant what everyone here has said. Are we all talking a secret language or was T just in the dark about this verbiage?

-RT

Hi RT--- I think your T just misunderstood and maybe is not familiar with that particular term. It's good that you could talk it through and clear the air.

TN

Both? My T is always confused when I use SI or SH (for self-harm), while they seem quite obvious in therapy... but probably not THAT obvious (and I HATE having to specify what I mean about that and feel ashamed for having used an abbreviation she does not know). So... we are probably talking a secret language that no T can get (or they are probably familiar with 80% of it, but may be unlucky on one term or another^^)

I don't often hear the term "activated" used in T school. I think it's specific to certain specialties, such as trauma or body-oriented therapists.