As someone who had to seek out therapy due to anxiety and panic disorder (first time in my life treatment/new diagnosis) I can definitely relate to some of this.
As mentioned earlier I bought 2 eurorack modules after finding a great deal. This was a great distraction from the anxiety and basically it becomes a flood of GAS in wanting to continue that distraction. I’ve looked at so many possible acquisitions, and I don’t think I would be better off with any of them.
I’m keeping strong from GAS except for possibly moving the eurorack modules to their own collapsible case, which was always the plan, but I actually think this could help because it’d simplify things and I believe I need that.
Otherwise what’s helped is Pokemon
Seriously… I bought it for the switch. This is where the “gotta catche em’ all” is appropriate, and it doesn’t cost more to catch them.
I should add that I’m improving with the anxiety/panic BS. Part of it related to dumb ass COVID that screwed me up worse in the middle of all this, but the hope is to get back to “normal” in weeks. I gotta just push myself outside the comfort zone and lean into those panic attacks to get better apparently.