Fear has incredible power; from anxiety that can illogically keeps us paralyzed while trying to do incredibly ordinary life tasks (like travel or talk to people) to The Fear that takes hold when we realize our place in the universe. Hinges in our mental health can keep us awake at night just as easily as supernatural pop culture, and sometimes the “what ifs” of life command us more than we’re equipped to withstand. For the AFRAID issue, we want to know what makes you totally immobile. From relationships and existentialism to ghost stories and paranoid ideations, send us your art, photography, and writing about what threatens to control you. What are you really afraid of?