In 3.5 if the soul didn’t want to return they could refuse, but you could attempt to trick them into returning

Help I’m comprehending and I want it to stop

Hulking hurler warhulk probably

I just wish pf2e wasn’t so scared of certain things, I miss my melee monster alchemists

My man Tenser, he’ll carry your stuff and help you get dramatically swole for short periods.

Exactly, lesser restoration is a spell 5th level clerics can cast, it won’t be super common but every temple should have someone in charge at that level at least. I’m not saying it’s impossible for people to be blind or otherwise have physical dysfunctions but magic on the scale dnd assumes means there will be lower rates of it. Did the player overreact? Yes, but he wasn’t 100% wrong