My elderly relative has just died after several weeks in hospital and I am next of kin. I am absolutely exhausted and the worst thing is feeling that I have to update everyone regularly. I'm probably over tired but I just want everyone to piss off and leave me alone.
In the middle of texting everyone the latest update, people are then phoning me straight after receiving the text, even though I have other people I'm in the middle of texting. It's lovely people want to check in but I'm completely done with being the family spokesperson. If I wanted a chat, I would call. These are not immediate family but people who do need to know, my friends/ work etc.
Any tips on how to tell people to back off nicely without me coming across as unhinged when I just want to scream at people to leave me alone?