I think you need to refocus on changing your behavior instead of his. Your BP gets absolutely nothing from being handled. If you never touched that snake he would live a long happy life with no negative effects. You're the only one getting anything out of him being handled. Your whole post mentions problems with you, YOU feel like it would be more rewarding, YOU dread taking him out, YOU'RE frustrated seeing other people handling their snakes. You have to remember that you are a giant predator picking him up out of his home. You have to remember that the home you have him in is also causing problems per your other posts, so not only do you have him in an enclosure where he's constantly having some sort of issue, you're also trying to handle him without fixing any of the other issues that you have.
Why don't you just take a break from handling? Get his new enclosure set up, get him moved in, and leave him alone for a little while. Then once he's settled in start slowly handling again and expect the process to take time. Time and patience is what you need here, nothing else.
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