Still Born Into Me

By: Mercedes, Isylah

It explores the lasting impact of generational trauma and what it takes to become the first person in a family to choose a different path. At its heart, it is the story of a daughter who spent her life trying to earn her mother's love, only to discover that breaking inherited cycles meant becoming the mother she never had.

As a child, Isylah believed addiction, violence, and instability were simply part of life. Raised in an environment where chaos was ordinary, she learned to survive by adapting to the world around her. Instead of breaking free from the patterns she witnessed, she unknowingly carried them into adulthood. Pregnant at fifteen, she entered adulthood carrying generations of inherited pain, surviving addiction, domestic abuse, sexual violence, and the devastating stillbirth of her son. Every attempt to build a different life came with a heartbreaking cost, forcing her to confront the painful truth that breaking generational cycles often means grieving not only the childhood you never had, but also the family you hoped would heal alongside you.

Through sobriety, motherhood, and a later autism diagnosis, Isylah discovers that healing is not about becoming someone different; it is about reclaiming the person she was before trauma taught her who she had to be. Still Born Into Me is a story of resilience, identity, and the courage to unlearn the conditioning that shaped her, break inherited patterns, and create a life beyond survival.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1068093307
• ISBN13: 9781068093302
• Release Date: November 2026
• Publisher: Isylah Mercedes
• Length: 354 Pages
• Weight: 0.82 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.5" x 8.5"