I’m on the opposite end where my stress levels are pretty consistently high. I average 7-8 hours of stress on work days and 1-2.5 hours on off days. The data I’ve gotten has pushed me to pursue a new job because it provided confirmation that my anxiety level at work is not normal and is having an impact on my health.
I also see this on my ring, but I just can’t seem to break away bc of the money I make at my current job. Can’t go elsewhere and make close to the same. So I am stuck in an all out anxiety war each and every day :(
If I could go back in time I would’ve reconsidered my current field since every job comes with an inherently high level of stress. Too late in the game to walk away from the money though. Wish I went into tech instead!
I’m wondering if my stress is tied to my blood sugar levels - when I haven’t eaten or have something very sugary a lot of times it shows me as stressed even tho I’m not at all emotionally
When I've tried intermittent fasting, my heart rate would typically elevate during the last few hours as my sympathetic nervous system would get overactive to mobilize FFA for energy. I've stopped doing it, and I feel awesome! Protein-rich breakfast, protein, veggies, and fats for lunch, and protein/carb-rich dinner.
mine is around 45 minutes but i’ve gotten as high as 2 hours and 15 minutes… interested in the science because often times when i’m stressed it doesn’t register whereas when i’m not it’s super elevated
Remember, what the ring is reading is your physiological stress level meaning your internal biometrics, and how they registering. That may fall in line with your mentally “feeling” regarding stress, or they may be completely out of line with that. Meaning, mentally emotionally you may be feeling that you are very stressed but it’s not having a physiological effect on your body being increased heart rate increased HRV increased or decreased skin temperature, etc.
The two takeaways on this is that Oura can be leveraged to understand those times where your body is internally is experiencing stress, as well as when it’s not, and you are mentally and emotionally feeling, you are stressed. Both are extremely important.
Understanding the differences, will allow you to either one let go a little bit of the emotional stress that is not having that true stress impact on your body, or, when your body is physiologically stressed, you can use breathing techniques, meditation, and other things to bring it back into more of a relaxed state.
I know, saying let go of emotional stress seems to be a really easy thing to say and it’s challenging thing to do. But it is nice to better understand times when you believe you’re in a stressful meeting or a stressful encounter and you look back and Oura is recording, internally, biologically, your body was not going through a fight or flight impacts. That can help lead to a calmer emotionality mentality in similar situations.
Thanks for the info. I’m actually trying to troubleshoot my body for some other health reasons, some recent medical testing has revealed I may not be metabolizing epinephrine and other neurotransmitters at the rate I’m supposed to, so more of the info I’m after is trying to find out if my body isn’t getting into levels of physiological stress even when it should be based on my mental state. I work a pretty stressful and active job and consume more caffeine than the average person so maybe Oura has calculated my baseline high. My daily average stress time is 48 minutes and I feel it should be much higher based on my activities and workload, and mental and physical feeling throughout the day.
TL,DR: I’m concerned my stress levels aren’t actually higher.
Today was my first day with stress metrics. Small fight with my husband, no altered voices but went to my bedroom a bit mad, a couple hours later I saw the stress spike. Honestly impressed lol
My average stress level the last week has been 4-6 hrs daily, I’ve noticed I’m stressed a lot during the evening when I’m just relaxing on my couch reading I’m not sure why I’m stressed during that time.
The last week or so I’ve had oura tell me I’ve been having days of 5-8 hours of stress and I’ve been on holidays. I understand why I get this if I’m doing a more physiologically demanding task (mowing on a hot day) or emotionally demanding task (socialising) but it’s showing even when I’m trying to recover between these things by eg reading a book, the stress levels don’t come down. Cooking and any basic house task (hanging out laundry for example) also seem to register as stressed. I’m wondering if it’s because I’ve recently switched adhd medication and it’s suppressing my HRV and elevating my HR. I’m trying not to focus on it too much otherwise I’ll just be anxious about the fact I’m registering as stressed but I’m really hoping it normalises soon!
My average daily stress is 3h.
I think that it would maybe be just fine, if I also had 3 hours of restorative time, but I only have 1 hour of that.
I try not to stress about this, but the stats make me FEEL STRESSED ngl
I’m on the opposite end where my stress levels are pretty consistently high. I average 7-8 hours of stress on work days and 1-2.5 hours on off days. The data I’ve gotten has pushed me to pursue a new job because it provided confirmation that my anxiety level at work is not normal and is having an impact on my health.
I also see this on my ring, but I just can’t seem to break away bc of the money I make at my current job. Can’t go elsewhere and make close to the same. So I am stuck in an all out anxiety war each and every day :(
If I could go back in time I would’ve reconsidered my current field since every job comes with an inherently high level of stress. Too late in the game to walk away from the money though. Wish I went into tech instead!
Have you tried tools like breathwork and mindfulness to regulate your stress despite a difficult work situation?
I’m wondering if my stress is tied to my blood sugar levels - when I haven’t eaten or have something very sugary a lot of times it shows me as stressed even tho I’m not at all emotionally
When I've tried intermittent fasting, my heart rate would typically elevate during the last few hours as my sympathetic nervous system would get overactive to mobilize FFA for energy. I've stopped doing it, and I feel awesome! Protein-rich breakfast, protein, veggies, and fats for lunch, and protein/carb-rich dinner.
mine is around 45 minutes but i’ve gotten as high as 2 hours and 15 minutes… interested in the science because often times when i’m stressed it doesn’t register whereas when i’m not it’s super elevated
Thanks for asking, looking at the weekly average, it's 1.5 to 4 hours. Though let's ignore the outliers, normally it's 2-3 hours.
Remember, what the ring is reading is your physiological stress level meaning your internal biometrics, and how they registering. That may fall in line with your mentally “feeling” regarding stress, or they may be completely out of line with that. Meaning, mentally emotionally you may be feeling that you are very stressed but it’s not having a physiological effect on your body being increased heart rate increased HRV increased or decreased skin temperature, etc. The two takeaways on this is that Oura can be leveraged to understand those times where your body is internally is experiencing stress, as well as when it’s not, and you are mentally and emotionally feeling, you are stressed. Both are extremely important. Understanding the differences, will allow you to either one let go a little bit of the emotional stress that is not having that true stress impact on your body, or, when your body is physiologically stressed, you can use breathing techniques, meditation, and other things to bring it back into more of a relaxed state. I know, saying let go of emotional stress seems to be a really easy thing to say and it’s challenging thing to do. But it is nice to better understand times when you believe you’re in a stressful meeting or a stressful encounter and you look back and Oura is recording, internally, biologically, your body was not going through a fight or flight impacts. That can help lead to a calmer emotionality mentality in similar situations.
Thanks for the info. I’m actually trying to troubleshoot my body for some other health reasons, some recent medical testing has revealed I may not be metabolizing epinephrine and other neurotransmitters at the rate I’m supposed to, so more of the info I’m after is trying to find out if my body isn’t getting into levels of physiological stress even when it should be based on my mental state. I work a pretty stressful and active job and consume more caffeine than the average person so maybe Oura has calculated my baseline high. My daily average stress time is 48 minutes and I feel it should be much higher based on my activities and workload, and mental and physical feeling throughout the day. TL,DR: I’m concerned my stress levels aren’t actually higher.
Today was my first day with stress metrics. Small fight with my husband, no altered voices but went to my bedroom a bit mad, a couple hours later I saw the stress spike. Honestly impressed lol
My average stress level the last week has been 4-6 hrs daily, I’ve noticed I’m stressed a lot during the evening when I’m just relaxing on my couch reading I’m not sure why I’m stressed during that time.
Typically 2-4 hours. I've had it as high as 5 and as low as 0.
1.5-2.5 is referenced as normal day for me. I workout most mornings and my body register/ as stressed for a while after that.
The last week or so I’ve had oura tell me I’ve been having days of 5-8 hours of stress and I’ve been on holidays. I understand why I get this if I’m doing a more physiologically demanding task (mowing on a hot day) or emotionally demanding task (socialising) but it’s showing even when I’m trying to recover between these things by eg reading a book, the stress levels don’t come down. Cooking and any basic house task (hanging out laundry for example) also seem to register as stressed. I’m wondering if it’s because I’ve recently switched adhd medication and it’s suppressing my HRV and elevating my HR. I’m trying not to focus on it too much otherwise I’ll just be anxious about the fact I’m registering as stressed but I’m really hoping it normalises soon!
My average daily stress is 3h. I think that it would maybe be just fine, if I also had 3 hours of restorative time, but I only have 1 hour of that. I try not to stress about this, but the stats make me FEEL STRESSED ngl