eli5: if the body can produce opioids, why people with chronic pain still suffer?

Question

Why the body doesn’t just produce some to help one’s with the pain

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Answer 1

The body does not need to make you feel better. Pain is just as crucial to our survival as anything else we can feel – it is rare for you to need to override it.

So you normally don’t. Your body lets you suffer because the would-be ancestors of yours who did not feel as much pain died from their comfort. Whether it be from infected wounds, unhealed broken bones, muscle strain, or some other avoidable problem.