I don't personally have chronic pain, but I have other disabilities which cause chronic suffering if that makes sense. I apologize if this is a poor way to relate and I have no interest in which of us has it "worse" or anything like that.

But boy do I wish I could bestow upon others a time-limited sampling of the life I live with the bonus of having people like themselves around to motivate them.

Probably. But for the most people I am quite happy they don’t have to go through this. However, some people should really be „educated“ that way - no, I cannot just take an ibuprofen and everything is fine again.