I don't know what my problem is with them....

[Karen]

Aww, grasshoppers aren't gonna hurt you, or your future children either.

My older brother's wife is afraid of snakes. We wanted to make sure she didn't pass this along to her kids. When my eldest neice was about 4, SiL said to me, "There was a snake in the yard yesterday. He picked his head up and looked at me and I screamed!"

So I said, "You probably scared the poor little guy," and my niece agreed. As did her mother reluctantly. Years later, my college-age niece is not snake phobic.

[Flatcoatluver]

I was wondering if it was a phobia.
Where do I get help? How would a cousler help me??

[Karen]

I was wondering if it was a phobia.
Where do I get help? How would a cousler help me??

To quote Dictionary.com:

pho·bi·a (f?'b?-?)
n.
A persistent, abnormal, and irrational fear of a specific thing or situation that compels one to avoid it, despite the awareness and reassurance that it is not dangerous.
A strong fear, dislike, or aversion.

Sounds perfect, right? I know there are a lot of scams and scammers that claim to help people deal with phobias, but I have no experience with one, so I do not know what a counselor does to help people, I just know it is possible.