Okay so recently I've seen @Toast The Third complain about his Garry's mod crashing. I would of messaged him in PM's but his inbox didn't work. I couldn't find him on steam and couldn't get in game as i'm banned and i couldn't contact him on TS. So maybe this is kind of a guide but kind of to help others?? I don't know you decide.
Anyway there are many ways to fix this. Some worked for me some didn't.
Fix 1:
Although it doesn't seem likely for this to work as it seems very stupid