Sold At 4 For Drug Money by her Mother

We grow up with a core belief: a mother is safety, protection, and home. But what happens when that foundation breaks?

In this episode of The Shadow Sessions, Hiba Balfaqih speaks with Jazmine, who survived profound abuse within her own home—where harm was not hidden, but normalized, and the person meant to protect her became the source of danger.

This conversation goes beyond abuse itself. It explores attachment trauma, how early betrayal reshapes a child’s understanding of love and safety, and the lasting psychological impact of growing up without protection.

Jazmine reflects on identity, trust, and what it means to rebuild a sense of self when your earliest blueprint for care was distorted. She also shares the difficult but powerful process of learning to create safety from within.

This episode is about trauma, resilience, and what it takes to reclaim your life when the place that should have been safest was not.