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Yeah, anxiety increases heart rate not lowers it. Her heart rate while living there looked to be around 50bpm in the charts, which is apparently "low" -- not just for her personally, but medically low.

High heart rate: https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/175241#causes (anxiety)

Low heart rate: https://health.clevelandclinic.org/is-a-slow-heart-rate-good... (nothing psychological)

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As a runner, when I’m in marathon training mode, my rest heart rate is very close to 40. Pro or very serious athletes can have a resting heart rate near 30. It’s actually a great way to tell your current fitness level (if you know your own baselines)

You would need to know a lot more before you worry about 50 being low.

And yes, I had to get an EKG and the doctor raised his eye brow at my heart rate, but I said I run and he immediately Moved on.

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