Does anyone have experience successfully returning to a stressful job? I am a high school teacher, and my job basically revolves around reading, writing, and paying attention to (and responding calmly and appropriately) to multiple sources of sensory input from students who may or may not be trying to cooperate with me and/or each other. In front of kids for five class periods a day and then planning/grading/preparing/advising the other three.

The thought of going back to work scares me to death. Thinking about it from my current state, I can't imagine how I ever did it or how anyone manages to do it. I'm afraid I'll think I'm well enough to do it and then have some kind of relapse in the middle of a class and be stuck.

My neurologist keeps asking if there's any way I can go back part time, teach maybe one or two classes, or be able to take breaks if I need to. Can't see how that could work.

Has anyone successfully returned to a challenging job like this? If so, did you do it all at once or transition in slowly?