Graduating with my bachelor's soon, I feel so empty

[Ww42]

I'm going to be a nurse soon, and I just feel empty. The one goal I had was to get an education so I could feel I've done something with my life and I only feel empty. I thought I'd feel proud or I don't know, anything. I just feel like Ive accomplished the one goal in my life, and with that the suicide thoughts have been so strong. Even stronger than when I made my first attempt. I gave life one more chance and did something and now all I wanna do is leave.

 

[OnMyLast Legs]

Amazing pfp

 

[Ww42]

Amazing pfp

Thanks

 

[gayboy300]

This might not help much, but just know you're not alone. I was actually going to make a post about something similar but decided against it and scrolled a bit and found this thread. I'll be graduating in December of next year and life after graduation feels so incredibly scary to me, but none of my classmates I've asked about it seems to share my same fear somehow. Maybe they're just masking for some reason. Anyway, I'm sure you and I will both start to develop our own goals, hopes, dreams, etc after graduation. Stay strong

 

[WakingNightmare]

No advice on the empty feeling because I also have that and can't resolve it
But congrats on your degree, that's not easy to get and a big accomplishment

 

[LaVieEnRose]

Can you pinpoint where the emptiness is coming from?

 

[Green Destiny]

Probably doesn't mean much but congrats on getting your degree. Wish I could be half as accomplished as you but graduating high school is all I got. I don't even have a direction in life to strive towards, just aimlessness that's eating me from the inside out.

 

[Ww42]

Can you pinpoint where the emptiness is coming from?

I feel it's coming from me knowing my one accomplishment I've ever wanted out of life will be done. I'll have nothing else I'll enjoy or want to strive towards, and I've noticed the suicidal thoughts have been extra strong lately because of this

 

[babydoctor]

I got on here today feeling down but your pfp caught me off guard and got a full audible laugh out of me. Thank you. You have genuinely made my day better. :)

 

[LaVieEnRose]

I feel it's coming from me knowing my one accomplishment I've ever wanted out of life will be done. I'll have nothing else I'll enjoy or want to strive towards, and I've noticed the suicidal thoughts have been extra strong lately because of this

No other personal goals?

What motivated you to become a nurse? Solely to learn to *become" one? There must have been things about *being* one that appealed to you and pushed you through the rigorous program.

Nursing is a good career and there lots of ways you can develop it if you want to frame it as goals. Furthermore, you can advance your education even more if you want. You don't have to rest in your laurels just yet.