Listen, nobody should have to ask or apologize for taking a week off once in a while, or spending time each week on self-care, or taking recovery time during times of loss. I'm no expert on Patreon for sure, but I'd like to hope that just the interaction and clarity of intention would be enough to keep your support base going.
Seeing this on Discord last night made me think a lot about "most of you are here to receive a product" and whether that's maybe an issue -- is this kind of game creation about a production or is it about a, pardon the term, service? Particularly with Patreon/Subscribestar/etc as a model, is it more about subscription to the ongoing experience? If that's the case, then it shouldn't be about a production deadline but just people having the experience, in this case of from time to time getting to expand the story and fun and in between times enjoying stuff like preview renders and interaction on Discord and whatever else (just meant as a examples anyway.) I've seen games that barely ever get updates but the interaction is constant and lots of wallpapers and everything -- I'm not recommending that (I kind of mentally file those games as abandoned) but there's got to be a balance.
I play very few AVNs that try to come up with an update a month and those that do sometimes have to say "not this month, I need a break" or real life introduces or whatever. It's okay to not be on that hard a schedule, it's okay to bump it sometimes regardless, it's just... okay. I think everyone wants an okay Stawer more than wanting an update in a particular week or month or whatever. I hope so. I'm looking through the comments here and it's clearly not just me saying so.
Sorry for going so long. I deal with mental health... issues... and I struggle with feeling like I disappoint people depending on me for programming (that I don't get paid for, so screw 'em, ha) and I lost a parent in 2023 and your post really resonated with me which I guess is why this is so long. I really really really hope you forgive yourself for needing to take a beat. Stay in touch (but don't start thinking that you're failing if you don't do that as often as you want, either!) and do what you need. Know that Lucky Paradox is already an amazing unique creation and I hope you're proud of what you've made. We'll be here when you're ready. Take care.