How do I rebuild my confidence returning to work after an injury?

Coming back at all took more than most people see. Modified duty can feel like a daily reminder of what you cannot yet do, and that wears on your confidence in a way the injury itself did not. What you are feeling is not weakness. It is the honest gap between where your body is and where your pride wants it to be. Confidence does not come back by deciding to feel confident. It comes back through small proofs. Every shift you finish, every task you handle within your limits, is your body and mind gathering evidence that you can be trusted again. Modified duty is not a demotion; it is the bridge. Rushing across it is how people get hurt twice. Measure yourself against yesterday, not against who you were before the injury. Pick one thing each week you can do a little more of, and let that be the win. Confidence is rebuilt the same way muscle is, load by careful load. You are not back where you started. You are on the way back, and the way back counts.