From heartbreak to near heart attack.
A woman shared the information collected from her Apple Watch after it tracked her heart rate spiking during a painful breakup.
The unnamed woman posted a photo claiming to show her skyrocketing heart rate showing how it jumped when she began having heartbreaking conversations. The Apple Watch data showed that her heart rate ranged from 55 to 176 BPM that day — the average normal resting heart rate for adults ranges from 60 to 100 beats per minute.
“Partner of multiple years decided to break up with me today. Although mutually agreed it’s for the best, it still hurt like hell,” the woman posted on Reddit.
The woman explained that the break-up conversation began around 4 p.m. and lasted about an hour and a half.
When the talk was initiated, the woman’s resting heart rate was in a range of 93 to 151 BPM but climbed up to 116 to 138 BPM by the time the couple was officially broken up.
For reference, her heart rate had jumped up to 88 BPM due to an “intense gym session” earlier in the day.
After the initial conversation was over, she was “actively sobbing” and “having panic attacks” for about five hours due to the heartbreak which caused her to have a resting heart rate ranging between 110 to 151 BPM.
Later, her “best friend came over after [the breakup] for another emotional (but healing) conversation,” where it hit as high as 176 BPM.
But as the day went on and she tucked herself into bed — likely with some ice cream and tissues — her heart rate dropped down to 70 to 90 BPM.
She shared that she was alerted to her “high” heart rate five times throughout the day because she had a custom alert set, which notified her when her heart rate was above 120 BPM, to keep track of her anxiety.
The pain and emotional rollercoaster of the breakup caused her normal average heart rate to rise from 68 BPM to 88 BPM, but the woman seemed to be in a much better spot than that first day — probably partially due to the Xanax prescription she was given.
“This was my first love, first real relationship, and thus first heartbreak. I look forward to the days when I think about this wonderful relationship with mostly joy, rather than this intense sadness,” the woman explained.
“All I can really say — love your people while you have them.”
