Karina Halle (on social media hiatus)

NYT bestselling romance author & neurodiverse hot mess 🇨🇦BC summers & LA winters 🌴Lit rep: @rootliterary Screenwriting rep: @saraharnott1 🎥 IG @/authorhalle

[Karina Halle (on social media hiatus) @MetalBlonde]

Okay so let’s try this (helpful when this place implodes):
Instagram: https://t.co/vtOZsoORkm
Tik Tok: https://t.co/OgUmICW1jz
Linktree for book links and Etsy etc: https://t.co/x4URa9Kmo4

[Karina Halle (on social media hiatus) @MetalBlonde]

@Court_Writes Happy to have you back Courtney ❤️

[Karina Halle (on social media hiatus) @MetalBlonde]

My boy’s name is Bruce but he was also known as Boo Boo, Boofus, Mr. Poo, Boo Boo Pantaloni Pants and many more

[Karina Halle (on social media hiatus) @MetalBlonde]

I miss my dog. He was the best of the best and part of my soul.
Please post pictures of good doggos and kitties to boost my mood💔 I want to see them all!

[Karina Halle (on social media hiatus) @MetalBlonde]

@mudkri It’s so lonely. And so SO unfair. I’ve been through so much too and I just don’t understand death anymore and why it keeps affecting people who have already lost so much. Big hugs to you from someone who more or less understands ❤️

[Karina Halle (on social media hiatus) @MetalBlonde]

@janeroper Having a 70-book backlist built up over 11 years and doing very well at self-pub (I have had trad deals too but self pub is what sustains me). My husband is a writer too but not a breadwinner.

[Karina Halle (on social media hiatus) @MetalBlonde]

@StarrburyMike

[Karina Halle (on social media hiatus) @MetalBlonde]

Donating Bruce’s beds to a local pitbull foster program, donating his food & treats (there’s a lot since we were doing everything to entice him to eat at the end) to another rescue here in LA that I’ve supported for a long time. Makes me feel a little better. He would want that.

[Karina Halle (on social media hiatus) @MetalBlonde]

I’ve tried to find more info on dealing with grief as someone with ADHD or autism but there isn’t a lot out there.
Just know if you’re grieving and you’re neurodivergent and you’re wondering why everyone looks at you strange for feeling so much for so long, there’s a reason.

[Karina Halle (on social media hiatus) @MetalBlonde]

Dealing with ADHD is hard enough, but our emotional dysregulation means we feel everything so damn deeply.
Which means dealing with grief is a motherfucker. It’s hard for anyone, period, but the losses cut extra deep & hard and timeblindness makes it last forever.
I miss my dog💔

[Karina Halle (on social media hiatus) @MetalBlonde]

Being trapped in our heads with obsessive thought patterns means dwelling on the same moments or feelings over and over again. It’s hell. But it explains why grief really does have no timeline for anyone, because everyone’s heart & chemistry is different.

[Karina Halle (on social media hiatus) @MetalBlonde]

@PT_Michelle Thank you 💔

[Karina Halle (on social media hiatus) @MetalBlonde]

How do I adjust to this quiet? How lonely and empty this place seems without him. It’s like I have to live in the void of his loss. I feel him in my heart but his actual physical absence is debilitating. I never realized how much of my life revolved around my boy.💔

[Karina Halle (on social media hiatus) @MetalBlonde]

@c_clarkmichaels Oh I hope so too 🙏🏻

[Karina Halle (on social media hiatus) @MetalBlonde]

Life’s funny cuz everything seems ok. Not great cuz you’re suffering from depression but ok.
Then your brother & your father & your dog die.
“That’s the thing about unhappiness. All it takes is for something worse to come along & you realize it was actually happiness after all.”

[Callum Stephen (He/Him) @AutisticCallum_]

One reason why autists and ADHD’ers may grieve for longer is the “time blindness” many of us have. The particularly fluid way we see and experience time can make it hard to give ourselves any closure we haven’t received and then move on, because our bodies won’t say “it’s time!”.

[Karina Halle (on social media hiatus) @MetalBlonde]

That quote was from The Crown. It really stuck with me. After my dad died all I wanted was a “win” in my career. Just some good news for once. It never came. And I thought well, maybe the win these days is that nothing worse has happened to you.
And I was right. That was the win.

[Karina Halle (on social media hiatus) @MetalBlonde]

@ItsMaryse Thank you Maryse. I miss him so much already ❤️🙏🏻

[Karina Halle (on social media hiatus) @MetalBlonde]

I deleted my last tweet because I am stepping away again (I just needed to share my grief over Bruce🐾)
But I will say, don’t be surprised if more & more authors step away from social media. Our empathy/sensitivity makes us great writers but also makes our accessibility a target.

[Karina Halle (on social media hiatus) @MetalBlonde]

@paularadell It’s just frustrating because I can’t physically be on social media these days, let alone replying, and I am trying my best to put explanations and disclaimers everywhere about what’s happening but it doesn’t seem to help.

[Karina Halle (on social media hiatus) @MetalBlonde]

https://t.co/AI2Lqxfmtu
My heart

[Karina Halle (on social media hiatus) @MetalBlonde]

RIP Bruce. 10 beautiful years with the best dog in the world. You passed in my arms today, ready to go on your next adventure & into the arms of my father (see vid). To say we are devastated is an understatement but we are so grateful & lucky we were loved by you 💔#AdoptDontShop

[Karina Halle (on social media hiatus) @MetalBlonde]

My heart goes out to anyone who has lost a pet. Deep love = deep pain. Many people don’t understand what it feels like but I do & you’re not alone. I don’t know how to fill that absence or deal with fresh grief again, but I know I’ll try. I guess that’s all we can do.❤️🐾

[Karina Halle (on social media hiatus) @MetalBlonde]

@SuperKitty Bruce was so so special. He can’t be replaced. I know when I’m ready to have another I’ll know it when I see the dog, but it probably won’t be for a long time too.