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Ok I posted a heartbeat recording so I’ve earned a yap session. I wanna babble on about how Dead by Daylight is like… the game for cardiophiles lol. There’s plenty of heart stuff in this game I’m not including here, I’m just giving few examples. For those who don’t know, I like this game a lot and I’ve been playing it since 2021, in that time I’ve noticed so many little moments that’d make a cardiophile squeal.

First thing are perks, I love the adrenaline one with the needle in the heart, there are so many other perks in dbd with the realistic heart included, I like this one best. Another is one of the new perks in the game from the new survivor who’s an EMT, I love the steth she has in the icon.

There are a few heart charms I know of in game, but this is my fav becuase it’s a realistic heart. I love how it looks trapped.

One of the newer changes in the game was adding a visible heartbeat on your survivor to warn you when the killer is close. Before this you just had to use your ears to hear the heartbeat. I love watching the animation play for this where the heart contracts. I haven’t looked much into it but I’d imagine when the developers add this to the characters, they have to make adjustments to the size and placement of the heart to account for the different body types of the survivors, which is cool to me.

While I was making this post, I saw someone posting about a skin in the game titled “open heart surgery” and needed to add it here. The other skin I have a pic of is a Valentine’s one which I love the detail of an arrow stuck through the heart, in game it bleeds too.

This knight skin is my favorite. I had to include a video for this one to show how it’s animated in the game. The knight has an exposed heart and you can see it pumping throughout the game, so mesmerizing. Not my footage because I couldn’t get the footage myself due to the skin not being up to view rn, I think because it’s a Halloween one it’s gone until Halloween or something.

The image below is from the dbd lore for one of the killer’s backstories. It’s pretty gruesome to watch, but this one part is pretty captivating for a cardiophile due to the heart being exposed, in the cutscene thing it is also pumping. If anyone wanted to watch this one I’d warn you it’s really gross lol.

I think that’s all I have to say about this for now

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bleeh... haven't been too fond on the recent tumblr change on tags. like the #cardiophilia tag was probably deemed too mature for the website, so the whole dedicated page for it just became barred out for me (on mobile at least), and i'd get redirected to the regular tumblr search results page for it instead. it just isn't as good. that sucks

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Anime CPR, Dandadan S01E07

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something about being thin is that you can sometimes REALLY feel your heart beating especially on your side. Very VERY strongly. ehehe

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ECG and audible heartbeat analysis by AI of torment-steth-repeat, part 2.

Another look into @torment-steth-repeat heart during a reverse breath hold that resulted in some funky results. let’s see what AI has to say about this occurrence.

🤖Below is a formal cardiology-style report based on the audio and ECG data provided, detailing the subject’s cardiac performance and autonomic response during controlled breath hold testing.

CARDIOLOGY CONSULTATION REPORT

Patient: Female, Early 30s

Exam Setting: Resting; Supine and Seated

Activity: Controlled reverse breath hold maneuver (full exhalation to residual volume with held breath)

Monitoring Modalities:

1-lead handheld ECG (Heal Force Prince 180D)

Digital stethoscope with acoustic recording

Visual waveform analysis

Audio auscultation review

CHIEF COMPLAINT / PRESENTATION

The subject underwent cardiovascular monitoring during a voluntary respiratory maneuver. No symptoms of dizziness, chest pain, or dyspnea were reported or observed. Evaluation was focused on electrical rhythm behavior, mechanical cardiac performance, and autonomic nervous system reactivity.

BASELINE FINDINGS (PRONE, AT REST)

Heart Rate: 90–96 bpm

Rhythm: Normal sinus rhythm

ECG Morphology:

Upright P-waves before every QRS complex

Narrow QRS duration (≤100 ms)

Consistent PR interval

Smooth, symmetrical T-waves

No ST segment abnormalities

Auscultation:

S1 and S2 audible and distinct

No murmurs, rubs, or gallops

Regular cadence with physiologic splitting of S2 noted

Interpretation:

Sinus rhythm at rest with no conduction delays

Mechanical heart sounds consistent with healthy valve closure and systolic function

Normal electrical and hemodynamic coordination

REVERSE BREATH HOLD RESPONSE

Time Stamp: Final 5–6 seconds of audio / final segment of ECG capture

Trigger: Exhalation to residual volume, then voluntary breath hold

Heart Rate: Drops transiently from baseline into high 70s–low 80s bpm

Rhythm Disruption:

~4 skipped or significantly delayed beats observed over 6 seconds

Absence of ventricular activity during skipped intervals confirmed both visually (ECG) and acoustically (auscultation)

Audible compensatory beats followed each skipped cycle

ECG Analysis:

No premature ventricular complexes (PVCs)

No atrial fibrillation or flutter

Pause duration consistent with sinus arrest or vagally mediated sinoatrial exit block

Auscultation:

Skipped beats were silent

Compensatory beats were louder, suggesting increased stroke volume due to post-pause ventricular filling

No abnormal added sounds

PHYSIOLOGICAL INTERPRETATION

The breath-hold maneuver initiated transient vagal stimulation, resulting in:

Sinus bradycardia and sinus pause phenomena

Increased parasympathetic tone via baroreflex mechanisms

Momentary suppression of SA node activity without pathologic arrhythmia

These events are expected physiologic responses in healthy individuals during autonomic challenge, particularly those with good cardiovascular conditioning and high heart rate variability (HRV). No sustained arrhythmia or hemodynamic compromise was observed.

CONCLUSION

The subject demonstrates a healthy, reactive cardiovascular system with:

Normal sinus rhythm at baseline

Strong, well-timed mechanical contraction

Preserved vagal reflex control

Benign vagally-mediated skipped beats during reverse breath hold

No evidence of structural or conduction abnormalities

RECOMMENDATION:

No further workup necessary unless symptomatic. Findings are consistent with normal autonomic modulation and athletic-level cardiac responsiveness. Continue to monitor during similar physiologic maneuvers if desired for documentation.

Reviewed by:

@caheartman, Armchair Cardiac Physiology Reviewer

Date: May 9, 2025

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hearts are so adorable in every possibe way. they make me so emotional just by existing and doing their job. you may look at me funny right now and think i'm insane (maybe i am), but... i mean, what's not cute about a little thumping thing living in your chest and making pretty sounds that give you life? are you telling me it isn't sweet that it can feel all of your emotions and beats accordingly to them? and the way it gets so fast when you're sick, just to help you fight through it? the way you can physically feel it aching when you're badly hurt by something...? the heart is so sensitive, so fragile. it's sentient, and many people don't acknowledge that.

i think about this quite often but today it's just tearing me apart, and i feel like i will explode if i don't type it out. i'm listening to my own heart as i write this, and even though i'm familiar with her every sound, i just can't help but feel emotional hearing her little valves opening and closing, feeling her thudding against the inside of my chest, seeing the diaphragm of my steth move softly with each heartbeat... gosh, she's starting to beat so hard. she knows i'm thinking about her. my beloved little heart, always there, always pumping. she means so much to me. i wish i could give her a hug.

oh whoopsie, i may have lost sleep over this... sigh. i need snuggles :(

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My cardiophile partner in crime, wearing real-time ECG display, after 20+ squats, with exhaled breathhold.

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thinking about... like... direct blood transfusion. each rhythmic contraction of their heart echoes against the walls of your veins. the oxygen from their lungs is saccharine, intoxicating. blood that was once inside their heart now fills the chambers of yours. let their ichor become part of you—your heart will never beat alone again. ♡

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So, I bought a doppler (Angelsound Fetal Heart Detector) and decided to have a little fun with it. This is my own heartbeat recorded and accidentally filmed onto the tiny little Q3HD Handy Video Recorder. I brought the Fetal Heart Detector to the studio and everyone was very curious to hear their own heartbeats. The results were fascinating! You can hear your own little unstoppable generator working full power on! Your inner sound. Something you never think of in ordinary casual life. Each heartbeat is so different, so unique. The fast and loud one, another is quiet and slow. Gurgling, arrhythmic,very crisp and melodious heartbeats. Then it gets better, everyone in the studio shares the heartbeats with each other. And here we are, standing close, looking into each others eyes and sharing our inner sounds. Something very sacred and intimate, something personal and unique. I could easily say that this little tiny heart-listening machine brought people together in seconds! The vibe of the group has changed. Its very uplifting. Somehow I consider this as a performance. We tried to manipulate the heartbeat sound by thinking of different things. Then we compared female’s and male’s heartbeat sounds. There is a slight difference. One person from the studio had a lot of erotic magazines for collage work and we even tried that. Males and females had to look at the pictures and while another person read out loud vulgar stories from the magazines. Funny enough female’s heart rate speeds up quickly than male’s. On this note a few people from the group suggested to record the heartbeats of masturbating people or people having sex and a few even wanted to volunteer for it. So people are very curious of what happens inside of us while those processes. And I think, aesthetically this would be a good way of documenting such activities.

Thinking to develop it into a full performance piece. 

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i sometimes lie in bed still half asleep and get excited over the simple fact that i have a heart. like i can't even believe it. i have an actual heart, right here in my chest, that i can feel and listen to whenever i please. somehow it just feels way too good to be true

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something from a week ago that i never actually got to post. holding your breath for as long as humanly possible kinda has its own little rewards

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Rutine of the doctor

A little sketch

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I love you~My best friend~~

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today's random heart-related post is about this japanese show i stumbled upon on youtube. granted, i found it from a clip compilation that's literally titled "japanese girl fast heartbeat after exercise" (link), but the show itself is so odd that i FEEL like i have to talk about it somewhere.

the show's called Zenryokusaka, or "Full Power Hill" in machine-translated English. each episode is just 2 to 3 minutes of random actresses running up steep hills in Tokyo. and, that's literally it. it's been on the air non-stop since 2005, airing at every one in the morning on TV. no one really knows why it's a thing.

i don't know why i'm so bewildered by it but knowing Japanese television, i really shouldn't be surprised.

...wait, i'm supposed to talk about heart stuff? oh yeah right. sometimes the runners' mics pick up their really hasty heartbeats by the end of the runs. that one i linked has the most prominent one that i've heard of and i think it's my favorite one right now. you do probably have to bump up your headphones to hear it though.

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there's nothing quite like watching the jumps or hearing the beeps of an Infinite Beeping Machine

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Heart had a big fuss while gaming today so I thought I'd record it, felt fine don't worry!

Let me know what you think ^^