Buh-bye youth!

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So less than an hour ago I'm looking in the bathroom mirror and noticed that I had something shiny in my hair. I went to look closer and took like 5 steps back... it was a WHITE HAIR!!! And it wasn't alone! Oh no it brought like 10 little friends along with it. I'm 26 years old, this is clearly just not fair and therefore I figured was not happening. I was literally hyperventaliating (sp?) I explained to my mother that I must have touched something with bleach and then touched my hair when she was cleaning over the weekend. When she was done laughing at me and had caught her breathe she said she hadn't used anything with bleach. I'm freaking out. I swear it's like I saw my youth flash before my eyes and I though to myself, oh dear God the deep wrinkles are next. Here's the thing they weren't even greys, nope pure snow white! I didn't even get the warning grey, I feel like Rip Van Winkle, like I went to sleep and woke up 50 yrs later and old. I know it's not the end of the world and white hairs don't mean you're ancient. I've seen older women with their hair all white and think it looks so beautiful and sophisticated. But when it happens to you, it's just kinda shocking. I used to dye my hair all the time and this year had decided that I wouldn't anymore since I'm trying to be more enviromentally friendly and more all natural. I even gave up my beloved acrylic nails. So I really don't want to just dye it but what else can I do? White hair at 26 is not what one is supposed to look like in your 20's. I've been super stressed out lately so maybe that's it or maybe it's bad genes or maybe I Rip Van Winkle-ed my youth away and now I'm waking up to real life aging. [sobs]