In February of 2012, I (Sherry) began a study to determine the effectiveness of a method I developed 
in treating combat related post traumatic stress (PTSD). The method is called Rapidly Accelerated Mind Patterning (RAMP) and it has a long record of exceptional success. Prior to beginning this independent study, I had worked with victims of childhood and domestic abuse and found the RAMP method very effective at healing those traumas, but had only worked with a few veterans with combat related PTSD. The veterans got a much faster result than those who had been traumatized by childhood abuse or domestic violence and I thought perhaps it was just a fluke.
I wanted to discover if the easy results of the few I had worked with was the norm and also wanted to establish, in an independent study, the efficacy of the RAMP method in treating combat related PTSD. I partnered with a Texas university, Wayland Baptist University in San Antonio, to conduct the study. The goal was (and still is) to bring 100 to 150 veterans or active service members with combat related PTSD into the study and provide them with free and completely confidential treatment.
We sent out public service announcements, put up flyers all around the school and the dean of the school even went around to the classes and announced the study. Since 65% of the student body at Wayland are veterans, we expected to have all the volunteers we wanted. To our surprise, almost no one responded. Six months into the program, we only had 18 volunteers. All 18 had phenomenal results. No matter how high their stress and anxiety levels were coming into the program, at the end of just one session, they reported both stress and anxiety at zero.
It has been my experience that when changes are made at a subconscious level, they are permanent. The subconscious mind lives in the here and now, so once a file is updated, it stays updated unless and until the file is purposefully changed again. What I thought was a fluke in the earlier experiences I’d had with veterans, turned out to be a common pattern. Just one session and the symptoms were completely eliminated.
In checking with the early volunteers 3, 6 and 9 months later, they still report being symptom free. I always offer to do another RAMP session if they feel they need one and not a single volunteer has needed another session.
In spite of the phenomenal results, volunteers are still hard to come by. Why? Three reasons:
(1) Post traumatic stress has been labeled as a “disorder” by the American Psychological Association so is now considered a mental illness. Who wants to admit they are mentally ill? I sure wouldn’t want to and I’m a psychologist.
(2) There is a lot of misinformation on the streets. Because the methods currently in use don’t get good results (they are mostly designed to help those with post traumatic stress cope), it is assumed and posited by many professionals that PTSD is not curable. So, if it isn’t curable, why bother? Right?
(3) The military culture is such that if you haven’t lost both arms and legs, you should suck it up and be tough. Sadly, veterans and soldiers are suffering needlessly and way too many are committing suicide because they can’t suck it up any longer and don’t believe there is a solution.
I am now on a mission to change the mindset around post traumatic stress. In working with veterans and with those whose source of trauma was childhood abuse or domestic violence, I have found that post traumatic stress is not a disorder at all. What it really is, is a really brilliant defense strategy. People who get PTSD tend to be highly empathetic, have a strong will to live (and let live), and they are unusually very good at strategizing.
The reality is, the troubling symptoms that so many are now suffering with are easily updated and when they are, the symptoms are gone. What’s left is the strength and brilliance of their highly strategic mind. Is there a cure? Who knows and who should care, if the troubling symptoms can be forever gone in one short session, usually done by phone, and the updated files provide new strategies for success.
The very same things that cause those who have PTSD to react to trauma the way they do, gives them a real edge for navigating life successfully once the strategies are aligned with current circumstances. That same high level of alert readiness that kept soldiers alive during combat, easily realign to become strategies for success in the fast-paced world we live in today.
A few veterans, such a Medal of Honor recipient Ty Carter, are out spreading the word. 
There are still too few voices echoing the fact that PTSD is NOT a disorder. TY Carter is doing that. I hope his fellow veterans are listening. Click on this link to read Ty Carter’s story. http://www.msnbc.com/morning-joe/ptsd-not-disorder-says-medal-honor
If you know a veteran with PTSD, please let them know they are not broken and they are not mentally ill. Tell them they are actually brilliant strategists and that once their old files are updated, their ability to strategize will serve them very well in the civilian world. Send them to www.thefoundationforpositivechange.org. There they will find an application to participate in the study and will receive free and wholly confidential treatment.
You can learn more about the RAMP method at www.banishblocks.com.