You might think it’s a bit mean to name the phobia after the thing the person fears, and you might be right, but it’s certainly not the only one. Aibohphobia is the (unofficial) fear of ...

Phobias come in many different forms. Acrophobia is the fear of heights. Aviophobia is the fear of flying. Felinophobia is the fear of cats. Myxophobia is the fear of slime. Xyrophobia is the fear ...

(Instead, she would wear slippers to walk back to the house post-soak.) See some examples of unusual phobias » Carnese's fear of seemingly innocuous objects and situations is no anomaly.