Do you ever give yourself compliments?

Yeah I did compliment myself for reaching my goal. One weird thing though is that forgetting positive experiences is easier than negative experiences. I'm curious what makes it that we assign more value to the negative things than the positive? As for your mum, little steps is the trick. Ask the doctor whether she can hold the needle in her hand and experiment with it. Maybe administering some water in an apple or a tomato ( don't administer too much water or the tomato will explode :P) very quickly with her hands close to the needle as she advances, to summon the fear. I also dragged the needle over my skin, anything that summons fear is great, after that just let the fear drop by affirmations. The fear will drop after a while, and during the process of taking blood she can listen to some music and look back at the positive experiences. I did it like that and it worked like a charm.

What do you remember easier. Negative or positive experience? For me they're negative experiences but I've learned through positive affirmations and experiences that you can overcome such things. Not only was I suffering from fear of needles but also an anxiety disorder.