1 Antidepressants. 2  Antidepressants are used to treat depression, anxiety and sometimes other conditions. 3  They can help improve symptoms such as sadness, hopelessness, lack of energy, difficulty concentrating and lack of interest in activities. 4  Antidepressants are not addictive and do not cause dependency.
Chionophobia, or intense fear of snow, is a type of phobia categorized as a natural environment phobia. Natural environment phobias include other weather-related phobias like the fear of thunderstorms (astrophobia), the fear of wind (ancraophobia), and, of course, the fear of snow (chionophobia).
The answer often has it's roots in fear. Skiing can be an intimidating proposition in the early stages of learning. There we are, pointing ourselves down what appear to be very steep hills, and on slippery sticks we feel we have little control over. A feeling of unease in such an environment is a reasonable response.