I have a field guide to insects, spiders, and more. I actually gave it away to my dad because the spider pictures creeped me out, and then once I started working at a Nature Center and had people come in asking about help ID’ing spiders they’d found, I asked for it back so I could try and help people. But I had the same thing for a long time - certain pictures Freaked. Me. Out.
The trick? I put post-its over those pictures. Then I never saw them by accident. =) And as I got to be more comfortable with spiders, I started removing post-its I no longer needed.