Teenager Skylar Thomson has had a hard life. Oblivious to her peers, her life is crumbling down. Despite her supportive friends, Ashleigh and Jay, and loving dad, everything else has just been terrible. With an abusive mom, heartbreak, and terrible classmates, she has become used to nightmares and sleepless nights. She experiences good, bad, and ugly but how much can she take. This is: How Not To Live... **Trigger Warning** This story will contain abuse, some language, and self harm among other things. You have been warned so if you can't take it, don't ready it. If you're triggered easily, read at your own risk. This stuff will not occur all the time but it will occur throughout the story.