I mean, this guy has no shame at all. I didn't say a thing to complain about him since his "last update" but the last week reading the forum I thought, Idk why but I feel like he is going to strike us with the mental health excuse soon enough. Wow. This is a message for you, because if you are receiving hate most likely you are reding this forum too. You have mental problems, anxiety, maybe depression.... maybe others and you need to stop to take meds, fix yourself up and think this around, cool, do it, everybody needs it at some point. But be honest and not a scumbag, maybe a couple of this problems come from the guilty you are feeling (if you are still a bit self conscious) that you are ripping off the trust and the money people put on your project. Your whole speech looks like you are trying to make people empathize with you without taking acquantaince of your mistakes. Another thing is that I hope your mental health problems are serious and you aren't using this like another excuse, like the last resort you need to keep milking your fans, because if that's true you are probably one of the lowest a human being can become, and even if you get away with it, life is going to put you in your deserved place eventually. Now, if they are true, simply cancel the pay checks to your project you probably have saved up enough for a couple of years, even if you don't worry about your fans, you will actually feel better because you won't feel guilty so probably the anxiety will decrease. After that, you can use the time you need to think everything, maybe stop the project, maybe being completely transparent with your fans and say "ey, idk how often i will update, maybe twice per year, maybe 3 perhaps none, just so you know if you want to keep supporting me", hire a couple of people to help you or whatever you come up with. And please, don't play victim anymore, you are not. You are the one who put you in your situation, the good thing is that you are also the one who can fix it.
(btw, if you are truly going through a rough patch, cheer up and keep it there, nothing lasts forever)