<human>: Can you give me the gist of the text in a nutshell?

I'm scared to message them because they said that they were bad at text/facebook quite some time ago; meaning they didn't want to communicate with me that way.  We tried email for a bit, but it made me feel distant and anxious and whenever we talk, I feel like I'm crossing a boundary because I don't want to bother them or get in their way.  I feel like they're not going to reply most of the time (since they've done that in the past) or brush me off and I don't want to burden them since they have a lot of issues on their plate.  Is it a better idea to just not communicate with them at all?
<bot>: Me [24F] with my family member [40F].  Is it worth it to reach out to see how they're doing when I'm scared they won't reply back?