I talk to myself about where I physically am and that those persons are not around any more. I saw someone say they looked at their hands and recognized they are the hands of an adult. I have tried that but when I am deeply into a PTSD episode my hands look like my abuser's hands. I have a beany baby bear that I pick up sometimes and I find it helps to ground me to the here and now. I have also found I can sometimes stop a flashback during the beginning by telling myself, "I am not dealing with this now. I will deal with it with my therapist." Just be sure you do deal with it there.

Hugs,
dalila