Everyone has a complex relationship with their muse.
Fetishizing gear such that you use lack of the right gear as an excuse to not create, or spend all your time acquiring gear and not using it is definitely toxic.
But, also fetishizing minimalism such that you end up with a process that is all self-flagelating toil and misery is also toxic.
Everyone's gotta navigate the boundary between those themselves.
In any case, being evangelical is by definition toxic behavior.