Yea... it can be tough times in many ways. But, an accomplishment you will keep for life. I was getting my MBA pt, working ft many hours, and prego with DD at graduation. Some nights it was all I could do to find the energy to cry myself to sleep. Somehow though, I survived.

If you mean counseling for you, my campus offered that service for free for students. I used it myself. They were shrinks studying to be. But bound by same confidentiality and cases overseen by real shrink/teacher. Even if you couldn't go every week--a little bit might help. Perhaps you could talk the shrink into riding a tandem and talk at same time? Multi-task! lol, just kiddin ya... hope THAT at least made you chuckle. I'd be game for it.

OK... on the "is this what I want to REALLY do with my life???"... Well, one suggestion is to spend some time with a professional that has a job leading from your degree. Maybe there is something else that might come up as a tangent?

In regards to your comment about: "I want to help people, but not in a people-pleasing way"... it makes sense to me. My background is in healthcare. One of my last jobs was at a medical lab. RNs like to help people by first hand pa care. Med techs like to 'help people' behind the scenes... when you ask them why they chose to be a med tech, many will say "because I didn't want to have to talk to the patient face to face!". Different sets of 'people helping mindset & skills'. The pathologists help people/mankind... but their patients are dead (no talking back).

Does the depatment have an alumni group? Maybe you could track those peeps down too?

Good Luck