"[my name] has notifications silenced" message to contacts permanently on! SOS!

Despite turning focus off and completely disabling it, the message "[my name] has notifications silenced" is being permanently shown to all of my contacts who try to text me. On my end, I receive normal notifications, and focus is shown as off. I disallowed focus from accessing my messages, and turned Share Focus Status off, and restarted my iphone, but the problem persists. Help!!!