Pain is a warning. Especially chronic pain.
Healing can be gradual. Sometimes instantaneous.
Pain causes people to deal with what causes it.
Sometimes it's ignored, overwhelmingly to detriment.
When pain is overwhelming, then it can be relieved.
Beware if someone says they can take your pain. Sure, some can be taken. But without pain there is no actual healing. The problem is still unsolved.
And yes, pain must be at a level where one can actually seek a cure.
In counseling, it's supposed to be emphasized the client must do most of the work. A therapist can help sort things out. But the health people seek is within.
Don't let others put it all on you. They must take responsibility for themselves.
And so must you.
PS: There are things, visible and invisible, which may strike w/o little or no pain.
Rise to meet the challenge.