So, he finally agreed to let me practice on his legs. He sits on the chair, but all stiff, and sweating, anticipating pain in advance. And it goes downhill from there.
Since i can see hes terrified, i shut down as well, and my hear rate goes up. First hair on his calf goes amazing, even though he yelps after current went thru. But it was fine. So i move onto second one, and i admit, my insertion was to shallow,but once a step on that pedal, he starts screaming like he climbed onto electric fence, he jumps up, starts cursing and runs out. After 10 minutes he comes back, but for reasons unknown to me, i can not make another insertion if my life depended on it. It looks like all follicles just got tight to the max, and i keep poking him and poking him until he cant take it any longer, and thats the end of my victim number 2. For the record, my victim number 1 was my daughter whos 12 years old, and she managed to go thru 12 hairs before she started yelping.
So my hubby is traumatized, as well as i am,and now i am thinking that maybe i picked wrong preffesion. Now i lost all confidence that i had ( i havent had that much to begin with), and i am scared to try on other people that wanted to let me practice on them. This afternoon i was practicing on my arm, it went just fine, but since i am pain junky, maybe i can not be objective when it comes to pain. Did i really hurt my hubby, or hes being a sissy?
I used same setting on my arms mind you, so i don`t think that could be the reason for the warrior cry he let out.
Sensation during treatment has a lot to do with the insertion. Too shallow and it hurts like crazy. Too deep and you have a puncture and possibly more pain, more deep in the tissue. insert it just right and the person feel what can be a comfortable sensation with only minor irritation (or nothing at all sometimes).
You need to practice on your legs some more until you get the hang of the insertion. Doing your own leg allows you to do the same grips as if you were working on a client, while haveing the feedback of feeling both what you feel as the practitioner, and the client.
Don’t give up yet. We all thought we should pack it in at the beginning.
Don’t work on anyone else, however, until you have cleared a good area on the side of your leg, and it is feeling tolerable.
I like the title of your post. Same situation with me and my family when I first started. I was not the top student in school, but none of us felt like we were. Lunchtime was bitch time about if we would ever be able to do this. We were beside ourselves wondering what the heck we were doing wrong. Practice solves this eventually. That’s all you need, sanny. Practice. Practicing on yourself is a good first step. Twelve year olds -forget it! They need to mature a bit unless they are really, really motivated. Men (some) are tough to conquer, too. So, not the best choices for a beginner to gain confidence.
I gained most of my confidence by working on the underarms of a teacher who paid me five dollars per treatment. I did blend and the treatments lasted 1-2 hours each. After 28 sessions, she was hair-free. That was something tangible for me to see and that’s an exciting moment, knowing that you actually delivered permanent hair removal on a human being. By the way, this woman was a class-5 mountain climber, so she was very tough and patient.
Dee
I can`t work on my own legs. For some odd reason, i can pull my leg hairs out with pinched fingers, with the root. So i can not be very objective and i have false results with electrolysis.
The other issue is that i have most practice working inverted, as on myself. i`d like to get more hours working on real bodies on top of 150 i had in school. 
Just do it for the insertion practice mainly. No energy required, but then you can gradually add some treatment energy.
Hey Sanny:
Guess what? You have been granted yet another 15 minutes of fame by The One, The Only, The Lunatic With The Electrolysis Machine.
Did you know that a certain person, after slandering you previously has taken to impersonating you on her site?
How pathetic is this? She posed this on one of her ramblefests.
Comment #1 (Posted by Sanny) Rating:Five Stars
Dear Kimberly, I am so angry becuase so many people have used me in a very bad way. James Walker will not let me make any more posts or comments becuase I refuse to continue to lie for him on Hairtell.com. Now James pretends to be me on Hairtell.con and he is using my name to make nasty comments about licensed electrologists. I am on my fourth electrologist and still I am not happy. What can I do? Sanny
Well, Sanny, it looks like you are now a Coveted Five Star Electrologist with the kiss of She Who Must Not Be Named on your forehead. 
Can you believe it?
The most hilarious part of this post is the idiot doesn’t seem to realize that this post would include HER SORRY @$$ as one of the 4 E’s that you were unsatisfied with!
I tell you, it’s like a dog chasing her tail.
All i can say is WOW!
We have so many problems that we are dealing with right now, and honestly, i cant remember when was the last time i laughed, but your message, James, brought joy to me household. I totaly forgot about Kimberly due to my current issues and health problems. I wish i could say it brings fond memories, but thinking back, and remembering our short, but well impacted get-to-know-each-other, it brings nothing but feeling of terror. And you know how they say that sense of smell stays in your memory the longest of all things you encounter in life? Its true. Something smells, and it aint us:) In any case, since i have loads of free time on my hands now, i guess i should put in some work, and see what we can do to remove this person from practicing one of most beautifull proffesions on the world. I will have to print out some stuff, fax some papers, and call few long distance numbers. Latest i heard, identity theft, along with impersonating others, is a fellony. I will keep you posted, James. P.S. I know i havent been around much lately, but i talk about you a lot, James. Still waiting for you to pass thru Phoenix and show me what to do with that mashine of mine.