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Will it ever stop hurting?
dPain
dt = (-k_1 Pain + [Image of girl]) (1
(1 + e ^ -(t - k_2)
d))
k_1=?
k_2=?
[Image of girl]=How much she's still in my life
Please let d only be a few days... or weeks
I guess there's some kind of a cutoff after years, where it stops mattering and we can be friends. Do I _want_ that?
Is k_1 positive? Is k_2 large?
Will I ever stop feeling like this?
{{Title Text: You laugh to keep from crying, you do math to keep from crying . . .}}
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