Stress & Energy Common Questions

We’ve compiled answers to the most frequently asked questions about Stress and Energy.

Your Stress Score is a value from 1 to 100 that reflects your body’s physiological stress throughout the day.

• Low score → Calm, relaxed, and resilient

• High score → Elevated stress, your body may need recovery

• Heart Rate & Heart Rate Variability (HRV): Imbalances between HR and HRV can indicate stress on your body

• Movement Patterns: Helps distinguish between physical activity and true stress

• Time of Day: Stress is mapped across your day, including sleep, workouts, and daily routines

It’s important to note that Stress reflects physical (physiological) stress, not emotional or mental stress directly.

Tracking your Stress over time can help you:

• Identify habits that increase stress

• Recognize what helps you stay calm

• Avoid chronic overexertion

Your Energy Bank represents your available energy throughout the day, combining multiple factors into a single score.

It is influenced by:

• Heart Rate & HRV: Used to calculate physiological stress, which influences how quickly energy charges or drains.

• Stress: Higher stress drains energy more quickly, while very low stress can help restore it.

• Sleep: Sleep duration, sleep stages, and your sleep goal influence energy replenishment and depletion.

• Rest & Activity: Sleep and mindfulness help restore energy, while physical activity can contribute to energy depletion through increased physiological stress.

• Non-linear Scaling: Charging slows as your Energy Bank approaches 100%, while draining slows as it approaches 1%.

• Carryover Between Days: Your Energy Bank carries over between days rather than resetting each morning.

Tracking your Energy Bank helps you:

• Understand what drains your energy

• Plan your day more effectively

• Spot long-term patterns in fatigue and recovery

Activities like housework can raise your heart rate slightly, which may register as stress.

Stress in Bevel is based on physiological signals:

• Heart Rate

• HRV

• Movement

Currently, wearable devices cannot reliably distinguish between physical effort and mental stress, so some everyday activities may appear as elevated stress.

There are a few common reasons for this:

• Elevated heart rate or stress during sleep: Even if you slept well, higher-than-normal stress levels overnight can reduce how much your Energy Bank recharges

• Calibration period: Stress and Energy Bank require about 30 days of data to fully adapt to your personal baseline

Your Energy Bank can recharge during the day when your body is in a relaxed state.

Activities that help include:

• Naps

• Meditation or mindfulness

• Low-intensity or restful activity

• Lying down or relaxing

In general, when your Stress Score is low, your Energy Bank will gradually recharge.

Non-Activity Stress: A measure of how your body handles stress during typical day-to-day activities.

Active Stress: Tracks your stress score specifically during physical activities.