emilyjeanne, is this group going to help you now that there is someone in it who is hostile to you? If the answer is no, why not drop it? Why participate in a group that is not therapeutic? I don't think you were triggered by this at all--it's kind of insulting to say that. The fan-woman was the one who was triggered by you or whatever. She was so triggered she thrust a fan in your face. Is the therapist making fan-lady explore what triggered her? Somehow, T telling you that you were triggered makes it sound like you are reacting inappropriately to the incident, as if any other person without a trigger would not have been bothered by this. I think she is way wrong.