I'm probably not alone in this.

I'm pursuing a college course I have no love for out of parental pressure. I guess you can say I don't really have an option of choosing something else because although they exist, putting what I want over what my family expects of me isn't easy. Telling me otherwise is lip-service.

I'm doing pretty fine coping with that among other things; it's not as if I have a shortage of things I do love.

Still, everything I do ends up feeling really empty.

Well, I don't know about your situation in detail, so this may not be feasible; but still, I'd say that life is too short to waste it doing something that makes you unhappy. If there is any chance for you to talk things through with your parents or somehow make it on your own, I'd give it a go.