Am I doing this right?
Hmmmm.....
Couple of Relaxing Puzzle Games worth taking a look at:
Hexcells Infinite
Technically, all of the Hexcells games are worth owning, but Infinite in particular since you can generate a near-infinite number of puzzles and daily challenges. Once you get the hang of the puzzle mechanics you can basically chill out with the ambient sounds and background noise.
LOOP: A Tranquil Puzzle Game
Also has ambient background sound (with rain effect). Swap tiles around to connect all the looping wires. Trickier than it sounds. It's also recently added a procedurally generated puzzle option
So this isn't really a calming noise, image, or video but I just recalled how many times I used parrying the black knights in Dark Souls as a calming technique. I would visualize it, hear the parry success noise, and view the reaction in my minds eye. Has helped me calm down and feel in control whenever I need it.
Haha, that Dalek post was gold. It reminded me of Within the Wires, by the same folks who do Welcome to Nightvale.
Been meaning to give it a good listen, the first episode was interesting.
Couple of Relaxing Puzzle Games worth taking a look at
Oh I love the idea of relaxing games 
Here's my go-to relaxation game. The Birdman sequences in Pilot Wings were absolute chill. Nothing to worry about, just soaring above the landscape.
(though most of the time I just find the music track on YouTube and zone out. Seriously, the music is great!)
Couple of Relaxing Puzzle Games worth taking a look at:
Hexcells Infinite
Technically, all of the Hexcells games are worth owning, but Infinite in particular since you can generate a near-infinite number of puzzles and daily challenges. Once you get the hang of the puzzle mechanics you can basically chill out with the ambient sounds and background noise.LOOP: A Tranquil Puzzle Game
Also has ambient background sound (with rain effect). Swap tiles around to connect all the looping wires. Trickier than it sounds. It's also recently added a procedurally generated puzzle option
Good call on Hexcells, gonna have to try out LOOP. I'm gonna toss in my suggestions for two other relaxing puzzle games:
Osmos
Enter the ambient world of Osmos: elegant, physics-based gameplay, dreamlike visuals, and a minimalist, electronic soundtrack.
Your objective is to grow by absorbing other motes. Propel yourself by ejecting matter behind you. But be wise: ejecting matter also shrinks you. Relax - good things come to those who wait.
Splice
Splice is an experimental and artistic puzzler. Immerse yourself in its microbial world and start splicing! Every level ("strand") consists of a number of cells that you will need to rearrange into a target structure in several moves ("splices"). Exploration and experimentation are key in determining how the curious little cells react to each other. Predict the sequence of splices you'll have to make in order to successfully arrange each strand. Re-sequence, mutate, and splice your way through this unique puzzle experience, and you'll exercise your ability to visualize sequential series of shapes over time.
Ambient 1: Music for Airports by Brian Eno is probably my most listened to album of all time. So beautiful. I love to drift off to sleep to it.
Came here because this thread was mentioned on the podcast. Looks cool!
Well, I definitely have some more ambient stuff to play at work now. Thanks all!
Welp, looks like I'm finally going to have to give this whole ASMR thing a shot and see what it's all about.
As for me, I know it's a personal thing but whenever I start to get way too stressed out and life starts to get just a bit... much... I give a listen to a particular song and I'm back in my happy place. Fresh out of college, my own apartment, playing Dark Age of Camelot at 2 in the morning with the lights off and my headphones on with this song playing. That's where I go when I need to feel at peace again.
For some reason, this scene calms me.
The Element4l soundtrack is incredibly calming, in my opinion. Don't try the game unless you enjoying failing over and over, it can get frustrating and isn't as relaxing. 
Found some more really nice Skyrim videos.
I found this very relaxing.
I found this very relaxing.
I'll just stick that in an embed tag for you, caboose...
Thanks I guess, just know that embedding makes this thread super slow to load on mobile which is where I'm posting from right now.
ah ok, I thought it was because embedding might be disabled for coffee grinders
Just found the thread, cool.
Maq wrote:I second the noisli recommendation. Really helps with my ADHD.
I have the iOS app and love it. I don't listen to anything but rain + thunder + wind, though.
+1 for Noisli. Train tracks does the job for me vs insomnia.
@A_unicycle - Just about to at least try mindfulness, therapist keeps recommending it, not sure atm but hoping to find something that clicks.
Music, but not just ambient chill / noise calms me...
Anything from Nightmares on Wax generally does the trick, but this one isn't just a relaxing tune, but also a nice little pick me up. A leftover from my serious stoner days I still play this fairly regularly 20 years on...
These days my tastes have matured just a little however, for a while now to chill to whilst working or late at night I go very specifically to some math rock of the Japanese variety. Toe and Lite are two fine bands...
Also... As a youngster I always used to naively dismiss classical music as being for old folk, but now that I'm over the hill myself a random classical chill playlist a good one for late night relaxing
Edit. Oh and another act of old who've stuck with me over the years for chillsers would be Morcheeba. Many call them dull and boring and I'd agree in certain locales, but at the right time I say they're super relaxing. When stuggling to nod off Skye Edwards' voice sends me to sleepy land more often than not. zzz.
One of my favorites from Gentle Whispering:
You don't have to be a railfan to find a nice train ride relaxing...
Add your own low-key music for extra soothe-power.
Early Zero 7 (Simple Things/When It Falls) is my jaaaaammmm.....
Featuring a very young Sia! Before all the... mask stuff.
Really any downtempo is great for that (Zero 7, Thievery, Boards of Canada)... I listen to that stuff on Soma FM while working/studying/reading.
Ah, Zero 7, yep they'll do it. Takes me back too, saw them live way back when in Southampton. Most chill gig I think I've ever been to.
The musician behind Makoto Shinkai's films 10th anniversary album, with orchestral backing. More touching than it is relaxing, but I often put this on when I want to stop and meditate over things.
I'll just leave this here:
Also this:
Jeremy Soule is always fantastic
The game too, at least as far as I've gotten.
Oh yes, Austin Wintory's ABZÛ is also phenomenal, great pick!
You don't have to be a railfan to find a nice train ride relaxing...
There's one on Netflix-US, too.
Slow TV: Train Ride Bergen to Oslo
7h 14m
Take in the passing landscapes captured by train-mounted cameras during a rail journey through forests and mountains between Bergen and Oslo, Norway.
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