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Anxiety: 'I thought my panic attack was a heart attack'

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Summary
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66% Informative

John Kelly was driving to Dublin for work when he felt a tightness in his chest and pins and needles in his arm.

He spent the next three days in hospital for extensive tests, but these all came back clear.

He was eventually referred by his GP for cognitive behavioural therapy ( CBT ) It is an NHS -approved talking therapy that can help you manage problems by changing the way you think.

VR Score

57

Informative language

50

Neutral language

49

Article tone

informal

Language

English

Language complexity

38

Offensive language

not offensive

Hate speech

not hateful

Attention-grabbing headline

not detected

Known propaganda techniques

not detected

Time-value

short-lived

Source diversity

1

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