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).
Mental Health. The fear of winter driving does not have an official phobia name, but it is an incredibly common - and most of the time rational - fear. For some people, the fear of driving in winter weather stems from a larger overall fear of driving. Others are afraid solely of winter driving conditions.