Mac running slow, maybe related to kernel_panic?

You have evidence of some pretty heavyweight Apps, ready to run.

But your Mac has only 8GB RAM, which is not enough to run Ventura and later in an appropriately responsive way.

if you continue to use this computer, you should run only ONE app at a Time. Don't leave your browser OPEN while you launch something else. Quit each app before you start another. And restart your Mac at least DAILY.

if you are using these Apps in a business, PLEASE have your business buy you a newer computer with more RAM memory. Apple no longer sells new Macs with only 8GB RAM.

all this junk has got to GO:

Kernel Extensions:

/Applications/Disk Drill.app

[Not Loaded] SecureDisk.kext - com.cleverfiles.SecureDisk (1.0 - SDK 10.14)

[Not Loaded] SecureDisk_11.kext - com.cleverfiles.SecureDisk-11 (1.0 - SDK 13)

/Applications/Recoverit.app

[Not Loaded] WondershareDriver.kext - com.wondershare.driver (3.0.0 - SDK 10.14)

/Library/Application Support/Symantec/Protector

[Not Loaded] SymProtector_Panther.kext - com.symantec.kext.protector.panther (1.0)

[Not Loaded] SymProtector_TigerPlus.kext - com.symantec.kext.protector.tigerplus (1.0)

No Mac needs a Virus scanner. The Mac protects itself admirably. You could store almost every virus known to man on your Mac, and it can not get infected unless you supply your admin password to make it so.

reconstructing your directories in case of lost files is left over from a time when small drives cost thousands of dollars each. The way to protect yourself from such losses today is to have adequate backups. Apple provides really good backup software, Time machine, for FREE. Attach an external drive and tell it to GO.

Google Chrome and all its offshoots are enormous resource hogs. They are know to punish performance all by themselves, just to produce result that can be obtained easily form Apps with a much lighter resource footprint. if you can possibly get away from Google, you should.