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Gifted adults frequently recognize themselves in a pace of thinking that isolates them, a need for meaning that makes certain jobs unsustainable, emotional hypersensitivity, or a persistent sense of not fitting in despite objectively successful paths. Impostor syndrome is particularly common in this population.","has_footer":false,"button_group":[{"link":"","variant":"0"}],"item":[{"has_title":true,"title":"What the Assessment Offers Adults","has_body":true,"body":"Assessment puts words to a way of functioning that has often felt like a puzzle. It offers a clinical framework for subjective experiences and documents the cognitive profile objectively. 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