 It's one of the newest methods of treating PTSD. Now, what was your first experience like when you saw this? Did you feel like this is going to make a difference? Wow, this is going to work? Oh, 100%. So I guess you could say my first experience, I was really honestly mind blown. Elizabeth Williams is an innovation specialist with the VA. She says more than 100 veterans on the Gulf Coast are using VR to cope with their symptoms.