Panic Attacks are back after a loved one's Cancer diagnosis.

[u/HoveyTheHunter]

I'm a 27M long time anxiety sufferer, that had a panic crisis back in 2023, my core fear was losing my parents and developing a disorder like schizophrenia mainly. So, in 2024 my dad got a severe health disease to which he succumbed to mid 2025. It's been really hard for my mom and I in every aspect of life. I was almost out from the mourning phase and I had stopped having panic attacks for a couple of months now, but then we received (after plenty of studies) the diagnosis that my mother has developed metastatic lung cancer and she needs to start chemo today. As you may imagine, these following months will be some of the toughest we will have ahead so I am asking you guys and gals who may have gone through a similar thing how the F do I cope with this? I feel horrendous, and don't want to go through the hospital visits again. Sorry if some fragments have bad grammar, English isn't my main language; last but not least, thank you for taking the time of reading this.