Soft clothes and smooth things to lie on have become so important. I find most upholstery fabrics irritating so I cover the sofa with quilts. I am also getting a lot of use out of netflix and amazon prime for offering the offbeat things I find distracting. We're currently binge watching Happy Tree Friends ( if you look it up you may be very sorry!), an animated program where cute care bear type creatures die horribly mutilated in creatively disturbed and graphic medically correct ways. Captivating and easy to refrain from snacking while watching. Its target audience is probably 16 year old boys, but since I have one of those it gives me an excuse.