Kernel Panic during sleep

I have exactly the same problem (including some random freezes while using the Mac normally)

I have a number of external devices connected to the computer (Mac mini) including a few powered mechanical drives and two external SSDs that are powered via the USB bus.

It is not an option to get rid of those peripherals at the moment. They worked fine for a number of years and over several versions of MacOs X, until the Ventura update.

To make the problem worse, every time the computer crashes and I have to manually restart it, it boots into Recovery Assistant.

I use an external GPU, and when the computer boots this way, the eGPU is excluded. All I get is a black screen.

Every time I have to connect an HDMI cable between the Mac and monitor, restart the Mac from Recovery Assistant to be able to then boot properly using the eGPU and display port cable connected to my monitor. So essentially having to restart the machine three times and connect/disconnect cables at the back.

I don't think I have to point out how this is ridiculous (everything worked fine until the update).

I wonder if, at least, there is an option to disable Recovery Assistant/Recovery Mode after a kernel panic during sleep.

Thanks in advance for any help.

This is the first thing I tried. "If the computer crashes while sleeping, I'll just prevent sleep".

Sadly the Energy Settings for Ventura, took away those options: