Returning to work after phased return — any tips?

[bumpydumpytrumpy]

I’ve been signed off sick for several weeks and my phased return to work has been approved but I’m absolutely shitting myself — I’ve never been so scared about going to work before! If you’ve even been on a phased return, I’d love to hear your experiences and any tips are welcome too. I just really want to get back to the point where I’m having a good work/life balance and I think what contributed to me being sick was not having that, so any tips there too are welcome. Thanks! (Oh and please be gentle, I’m not in the best headspace).

I haven't been in exactly your position, but I work with people who sometimes are worried about starting new jobs because of what happened in their old jobs. I always advise them to track how they are feeling depending on what their symptoms are. When I'm stressed I take longer to fall asleep, so I track of I heard one or two podcasts before dropping off. Quite recently was experiencing symptoms and wrote them along the top of a table, dates down the side, then put x if I'd experienced it a lot that day or a / if it was lesser.