Exactly, Sky. I would NOT have been ready for flooding without treatment with meds and two therapists working with me for months beforehand. I would NOT recommend that someone throw themselves into it without a whole lot of support and guidance from a professional. There's no way I could have done it 6 months earlier. I was having meltdowns just stepping on my back deck and panicking when I had to go down my front stairs to get the mail inside the front door. There's NO way I could have gone to work. It would have been extremely traumatizing.

I think it's a viable option for people who are feeling like they've come along quite far in their recovery and feel up for a challenge, though. It's important to have a supportive therapist. I had the cellphone number of my therapist memorized and he told me that I could call him at any time during my work day. That gave me some comfort. I'm glad I did things the way I did. Easing my way back into things was getting frustrating and I was finding that I was over-thinking things (I have a tendency to do that). I think flooding can be helpful for some people. I wasn't even aware that there was such a thing. When I told my therapist what I was thinking about doing, he said to me, "That's flooding." So, I just wanted to mention it in case it turns out to be a reasonable option for someone else.