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Ben Johnson's avatar

Brilliant piece Nick, I was not aware of the connection between being (exceptionally) gifted and heightened emotions, but it makes sense. Thanks for taking the time to write this!

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Nick Vasquez, MD's avatar

Thanks Ben, being around so many doctors I've learned to spot the signs. Thank you for what you do!

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Asterion2's avatar

Thank you for this text.

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Dawn Lawson's avatar

Thank you for sharing this extremely insightful post, Nick.

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Southernrun's avatar

Beautiful post and an honor to who Daniel was and what he gave to this worldwide community of chess players. Very interesting information you presented about the gifted individuals so thank you.

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Joel's avatar

Thank you your effort to bring support, compassion, and reasoning to this terrible tragedy. The articulate words you have shared go a long way.

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