Whatever is freaking you out, it happened a thousand times in the past with different actors. Some of them had the wisdom to zoom out and see the big picture, from this perspective whatever is that afflicts you is insignificant and temporary. Stop freaking out.
Kisa Gotami was the wife of a wealthy man of Savatthi. She was born in a poor family. Her story is one of the more famous ones in Buddhism. After losing her only child, Kisa Gotami became desperate and asked if anyone could help her. Her sorrow was so great that many thought she had lost her mind. An old man told her to see the Buddha. The Buddha told her that he could bring the child back to life if she could find white mustard seeds from a family where no one had died. She desperately went from house to house, but to her disappointment, she could not find a house that had not suffered the death of a family member. Finally the realization struck her that there is no house free from mortality. She returned to the Buddha, who comforted her and preached to her the truth. She was awakened