EngineeringEmily Hello Emily, so happy to have someone like you here! We are the same age and I too just finished my first year of college. I have been wearing the belt for a year now. I wear the belt because of my Aunt, who is staunchly opposed to any kind of premarital sex and thinks masturbation is unnecessary and unladylike. Like you I started out a few hours at a time, more each day until it eventually became 24/7. I does become easier to deal with over time.
I do have a boyfriend, I started wearing the belt prior to dating. He knows about it and understands it and frankly is just as frustrated about me wearing it it as I am. The sexual urges are worse when we are together, but I still have them at other times too.
I don't feel helpless or depressed and I am sorry that you do. I know it's hard, it is for me sometimes too. It sounds like you have financial conditions attached to wearing your belt. I don't have anything like that and my aunt will love me regardless. But she has made it clear that she prefers that I wear a belt full time. She has told me "I am an adult and sometimes adults needs to make decisions that aren't always easy". I wear it to make her happy.
We do have a plan in place should I ask for it to be removed, which I have not. There are many good people on here to get advice from, including me.