Three Hundred and Sixty-Five

Billie Burton
3 min readJun 16, 2024

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Exactly one year ago today, I was discharged from McLean Psychiatric Hospital in Belmont, Massachusetts. After one hundred and ten of the most wretched days imaginable, I was free. More surprisingly, I was alive.

McLean, moments after escaping

I know I am supposed — perhaps even obligated — to write here about an amazing comeback, a perfect recovery, and a godly gratefulness for life and its joys.

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Billie Burton

Hi, I'm Billie! I write mostly about my mental health recovery and my gender transition journeys.