"Weird" things you find soothing

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Listening to the same song dozens of times. Looking at pretty or nice pictures.

I agree with puzzles - the 'reverse crossword' idea sounds quite interesting. I also do The Guardian Quick Crossword every day: I like it because it's not too easy or hard.

Browsing/posting on forums.

Certain videogames. RPGs where you can just wander aimlessly about the world map, doing dumb crap; platformers; racing games, puzzle games, etc. Don't like games with endless shoot-outs or battles usually, though there have been a few exceptions.

Nature/animals. It annoys me so much less than humans -_-

The last one is gonna be weird. Pre-surgery, when I had active Crohn's, I'd often go and lie on the floor in the bathroom. It was vinyl and the coolness of it was soothing. I also had a stricture (narrowing), which made food getting through difficult: but the sound and feel of it passing through was also oddly soothing. There'd be horribly uncomfortable pressure; a massive gurgle; relief - rinse and repeat for the next 2 hours. (Note: total obstructions are a different story. The guts really don't like it when food can't pass through at all.) To a far lesser extent, I get a similar thing with the ileostomy.

I like the sun on my face, and body like a cat in the window. The feeling of being on the water. The sound of the small waves hitting the boat. All three together is very pleasant for me. Having a nice view, maybe an eagle flying around. To go along with it. Those are the thoughts I like to keep in my head. Sometimes I can close my eyes, and think about it, and it really calms me down. I always enjoyed the call of the loon on a quiet peaceful morning. To me that is the sound of a beautiful morning. Lightning gets my very excited. Diamond Willow has been a relaxing interest of mine too. It is a strange wood indigenous to my area, usually used for making canes. I hand carve it.

I find Jean Luc Picard's(Patrick Stewart) voice soothing.
Listening to him speak in any TV/Movie feels very good.
Like the father I never had.

Nice puzzle game!

I like to have weight on my head. I have two very heavy hats which I wear when I need to be comfortable. Also, I have a pair of fox tails at home which I like to stroke because they are soft. And a favorite rocking chair. And sometimes I sing songs in a made-up language. And I sort / rearrange my collections. Lately I like to stare at mosses, I go up into the woods on an abandoned road bed to a spot where there are many species of them, and I study those for a long time.

I have a long list of such comforts, but will stop there so that I don't monopolize the weirdness.