Hi everyone. I’ve had health anxiety for many years now. Perhaps foolishly, I recently bought an Apple Watch and have begun obsessing over heart rate. My resting heart rate sits at around the mid-to-low-50s. I’m 28 years old, male, but not particularly fit and a little overweight (so I know my low rate is not due to being athlete levels of fit!). My heart rate rises normally when I exercise and I don’t really feel any symptoms associated with Bradycardia (or I didn’t, but now I’m hyper-focused on it I’m convincing myself I do, but I know I can chalk that down to anxiety).

Anyway, if I don’t have any symptoms that are causing issues do I need to go to doctor? I HATE going to the doctor and would rather avoid it if I can, but wanted to know if anyone else has a relatively low heart rate and whether it causes any issues?

Thanks so much.