Is this normal ?

[loveheart27]

Is it normal for your heart rate to spike to 150 bpm when certain visitors knock on your door? Or is this high? And not normal xx

Why are you counting your heart rate when answering your door?

Why are you checking your pulse?

Besides that it’s your fight/flight response. Normal.

Unless it’s someone you fancy then it’s excitement.

I'm not counting i put my Fitbit on to see how high my heart rate went because I feel extremely anxious and my heart races when said person comes round, I was just interested to know if this was too high xx

Defo don't fancy them My ex in-laws who have destroyed my relationship! Xx

It is high but then your heart is expected to go high when faced with an anxious situation. What matters is that it goes back down to normal within a minute or two after the event.

Bit of a strange question... who are the visitors? Does it only spike then those particular visitors knock on the door? Is there a reason those visitors make you anxious? There’s a difference between ‘is it normal for your heart rate to rise when your abusive mother knocks on the door’ (completely normal) and ‘is it normal for your heart rate to rise when your beloved mother who you have a great relationship with knocks on the door’ (less normal, unless you have a particular anxiety around house guests).

That sounds perfectly normal and logical to me. They fucked your life up, so it would be strange if your body didn't go into fight or flight mode. It's getting ready to protect you in response to your emotional reactions.

Too high for what? It’s a high heart rate, yes. It’s normal for your heart rate to rise to those levels when faced with an anxious situation.

Your heart rate reacts to stimuli both external or for medical reasons.

Exercise
Excitement
Happiness
Fear
Stress
Anxiety
Drugs/medication
Alcohol
Medical conditions
Trauma response
And all sorts of other things!

150 would be the equivalent for most of running for a bus or jumping after a scare (like watching a scary film) so it's normal and nothing to worry about as long as it goes back to your "resting" rate afterwards.

Checking your heart rate regularly though or taking notice of it often is an unhealthy symptom of anxiety and can actually fuel the anxiety so it's not really something you should be getting into the habit of loveheart