I woke up crying during an 84-hour fast and couldn't figure out why. My ex was in my head, every rejection across 32 years came flooding back, and I was reaching for my phone to text her. It took an LLM to help me understand: I was breaking down, but the machine was helping me see where so I could shore myself up. The neurochemistry of prolonged fasting can dismantle emotional walls and amplify old wounds in those who are vulnerable. This is the story of what happens when an aggressive fast meets a machine that never sleeps — and how the combination changed everything.