Yes, I was also thinking a lot about that kind of stuff the last years. Suffering is sometimes really too intense and if we can do it safely I even think that it is our responsibility to do everything to protect newborn and young children from mental pathologies.

But I don't know if that is already possible and safe.

I just wish I was born some decades later when this will be possible.

For people alive today we may also find a way to attenuate suffering, but you would have to know what the neural mechanisms underlying suffering are.

For example people without amygdala lack the ability to be afraid. Now you probably won't want to shut down your amygdala because it can be important at times to be afraid. But if anxiety is becoming an obstacle to your daily life and social interactions, then maybe you could attenuate amygdala activity just a little bit with invasive or non-invasive stimulation techniques.

But suffering is more than just anxiety I think and we don't yet understand the brain to an extent that would allow us to safely and broadly cure everybody from suffering. Suffering itself is also not classified as a disease so you can't find a "treatment" for this.

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But anyway it is a very interesting topic and we should be doing more research on this