Pause Point

Conversely, why doesn't your stress app go off when you are furiously stewing over an argument or feeling deep resentment? When you sit quietly at a desk radiating anger, your emotional volume is at a 10, but your physical metabolic demand is near zero. Unless that anger triggers a full-blown panic response or a surge of adrenaline that spikes your heart rate, your autonomic baseline remains stable. Your heart rate stays low, and your HRV remains steady. Because a stress ap