You know, I don't think of myself as afraid of snakes or even anxious around them, but looking back I remember certain things that might have created some wariness.

I remember going out to play in the spring and family warning me to leave any snakes i saw sunning themselves alone because they were confused and slow (and thus more dangerous?) when they were colder. And my mother telling a story about a snake coming towards me when I was very little playing outside, and her sweeping in to grab me. I could have absorbed that wariness, and it's just in my brain now. I think they're kind of cute, honestly, but maybe my grandmother transmitted her phobia to me while babysitting with stories I don't even remember.

I was curious if many people would mention having a non-reaction like yours. Brains are so interesting!