Mental Health

How does a watch know that we are stressed?

During the strict COVID-19 lockdown, have you ever felt agitated and dying to go out after days and days of working from home?

These wants and thoughts – of getting out of home, going out or of those tempting all-you-can-eat restaurants are considered a kind of stress. When the ‘urge’ occurs and you are unable to cope with it at that moment, why don’t you try Garmin’s stress monitoring function? Let’s see how your ‘stress level’ goes high up. Many have been wondering how does the watch detect that?

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How does a watch know that we are stressed? The brain is interconnected with the heart.

All-day stress can cause ‘irregular interval between heart beats’ or officially called Heart Rate Variability [HRV]. The smartwatch can then monitor HRV from the heart rate.

However, the stress level function tracks the heart rate differently from regular beats. You need to be in the ‘regular mode,’ which means you cannot track the stress results while working out or while your body is on the move.

For daily monitoring, you can just track the stress level widget in the evening or before going to bed, it does not necessarily have to be hourly. The stress level and the average result and statistic can also be tracked at the Garmin Connect application.

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Reference: https://www.alive.store/how-watch-know-stress/