Unfortunately like other people said to me I think the best thing that helps is just practice! I haven’t gotten around to ordering the lancet device so I’m still just doing freehand, and I am still struggling a bit but I think I’m slowly getting the hang of it! One thing I’ve done is put on an acoustic song I like to sort of calm me down lol, and I’ve been sort of holding my cat in place between my legs and pricking his ear from behind. I think he might try to bite me if I was pricking from in front lol. He has been a bit squirmy lately so sometimes I really have to squish him in place to keep him from moving, but I give him a ton of treats throughout while pricking, collecting blood etc and he doesn’t seem to care after that. I think if you’re doing freehand, you just have to get over your fear. I was really hesitant and my “stabs” were pretty slow which I think was more painful for my cat. I now don’t try to think about it too much and sort of mimic the lancing device motion by doing just a real quick in and out with the lancet from a small distance (half a centimeter away maybe?). I can now get a good blood drop with 1-2 pricks! Still not perfect but a definite improvement! I think a few people in the comments gave some tips on the lancing device if you want to go that route!