Imagine this in multiplayer.
I know some friends may send like line after line of messages though. That or if you have a lot of people trying to message you at once. I feel that would be fair to be able to hide the messages. Especially after seeing that taking up 1/3 of the screen.
(Kinda not fun for someone to be spamming you though. But can't really help if it's in multiplayer.)
Maybe it would be good to hide the notifications maybe a little bit before the break ends? That would be fair, it lets you see the notifications and it won't hinder play too.
Anyway, support!