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Smartwatches have been measuring all sorts from our bodies for a long time and whilst some people develop this type of thing, the majority have not. These watch
by NoPicklez 1y ago
Smartwatches have been measuring all sorts from our bodies for a long time and whilst some people develop this type of thing, the majority have not. These watches have been monitoring stress in the form of HRV for many years now.
- PaulHoule 1y agoA recent studied shows that Garmin watches like the one I have give HRV stress readings that don't correlate well to self-reports of stress https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/aug/08/smartwatches-offer-little-insight-into-stress-levels-researchers-find https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/aug/08/smartwatc... The stress paradigm is probably the most holistic idea in medicine and I think any attempt to break it down to a number is reductivist.
- m463 1y agoI have a garmin watch and my take is that stress is not really a spot reading. However, I am certain that some really bad days I've had have shown very high stress on the watch across the day. also relaxing can show low stress during a window (like sleep is low stress)
- morkalork 1y agoI felt like I was trapped in a cycle of bad sleep -> stress -> worse sleep. And the two things that helped the most were exercising to burn of extra, nervous energy, and my fitbit breaking so I couldn't look at it and worry about how bad my sleep was.