racing heart
Pulse gone wild
A racing heart is one that beats unusually fast, whether from physical exertion, fear, excitement, or medical conditions.
The phrase describes the subjective experience of feeling your heartbeat pounding or fluttering: I woke up with a racing heart after the nightmare.
In medical contexts, the technical term is tachycardia.
- poundingForceful repeated striking
- pulseArterial blood throb
- throbbingRhythmic painful pulsing
- adrenalineEmergency response hormone
- fight or flightThreat-triggered physiological state
panic · panic attack · flutter · skipped beat · anxiety · nervous wreck · breathless · chest · thumping · nervous · stage fright · excitement · fear · close call · palpitations · rush · sweating · love
- performance anxietystage fright, choking, freezing up, jitters, nerves
- stress effectsinsomnia, headaches, anxiety, muscle tension, fatigue
- stressstress, chronic stress, acute stress, strain, stressor
- bodily sensationspain, ache, tingling, burning, numbness
- body reactionssweating, blushing, shiver, goosebumps, twitch
- body responsesfight, flight, shivering, freeze, goosebumps
racing heartslow heartbeat
Abnormally low pulse rate
slow pulse · bradycardia · resting heart rate · weak pulse · flatline
racing heartinner calm
composure · tranquility · serenity · unflappability · equanimity
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