The phrase "activated distress" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts related to psychology, emergency situations, or discussions about emotional responses.
Example: "The sudden loud noise activated distress in the crowd, causing panic among the attendees."
Alternatives: "triggered anxiety" or "induced panic".
At 3.36pm, L/Cpl Roberts activated his distress beacon, and was found 25 minutes later.
She ran back to the computer terminal and activated the distress signal.
The substrate of FM lies in the pain system, which can be functionally activated by distress, a common feature of chronic painful and disabling disorders.
Blair 31 proposed that human aggression is constrained by a "violence inhibition mechanism" that initiates a withdrawal response when activated by distress cues.
She was later able to activate her distress beacon.
Cortana activates a distress beacon and the Chief goes into hibernation.
Cortana activates a distress beacon, but she knows that years could pass before rescue comes.
While the Arbiter returns to Earth, Cortana activates a distress beacon, knowing that rescue could take years; the Master Chief enters cryonic sleep, telling Cortana, "Wake me, when you need me".
Athena is a small circular device with a tiny button on it that, when activated, sends a distress text to family and friends with the wearer's location and sounds a very loud alarm ("louder than a freight train," according to the Indiegogo page).
Nevertheless, this hypothesis derived from our epidemiological study has to be confirmed in further studies by e.g. intervention studies aiming for a normalization of the postulated over-activated distress network in subjectively electromagnetic hypersensitive (e.g. cognitive behavioral therapy, which has been shown to be successful in electromagnetic hypersensitivity [45] and tinnitus patients).
