They probably are but I’m confused as to how you’ve measured your anxiety level to determine correlation with HRV.
Depending on your answer this leads to the follow-up of why not use that measure?
Depending on your answer this leads to the follow-up of why not use that measure?
I wash my hands more, engage in displacement activities, avoid unfamiliar situations or those that trigger perceived emotional stress or threat.
I become snippy and agitated, again, without being conscious of it.
My HRV matches my partners perception of my anxiety levels, which is a reliable measure imho. When it becomes unbalanced and I reflect, I can see that the other signs have ramped up.
If I'm not aware, or told, my HRV tells me and saves anyone pulling me up.
I don't expect anything else for a device I wear loose most of the time (and snug+proper placement when working out) yet it still gives me eerily accurate metrics to work with.
The OP mentions “unconscious anxiety” which is confusing me, wondering if they are using a questionnaire or something else neat.
If “unconscious anxiety” is being diagnosed based solely on HRV that‘s not how correlation works.
When I mean unconsciously, I mean being unaware in that moment. However reflective hindsight reveals not only correlations in habit, behaviour, and so on but also in hindsight from a calmer frame of mind you can be aware of just how anxious you had become.
Solely based on HRV would be daft. I'm saying it correlates strongly with many other indicators which together are an indicator of my anxiety, realised or not, at that moment.
Ad HRV is a number and other indicators are not, its a great way to have a more quantitative measure which I've found is very helpful. Anecdata and qualitative measures sure, but it works for me.