That's interesting Sagres... I think it is being used more as a verb than a label - it is an action or a behaviour that can be started & stopped, rather than a flat label. ITMS.
Yeah I think that is why I felt more comfortable with it, because it was something could be started and stopped and it also gave my friend and I an opportunity to talk about how X was the one who determined if he was in that state or not, in kid friendly terms of course!