Sounds like you have made a choice you needed to make. If you feel you need to say something to others, maybe have something ready. Personal stress made this not the right time.

I heard something helpful once--you think that people are thinking about you, but it is surprising how little they actually do. Mostly people are thinking about themselves.

Catastrophic thinking gets to me, as much as I know about it, I find myself doing this. I'm harder on myself than anyone would be. And who is really thinking that much about me anyway.