Sensory adaptation goes on within every person, but yet it effects everyone differently. Some of the ways sensory adaptation is effected is by our motives, expectations, and psychological state of mind. Along with sensory adaption, pain control is also influenced by these things as well.
Sensory adaptation is when you get so used to something that you don't realize whats going on around you anymore. As an athlete I need to find motivation to do certain tasks through out the game. Well once I acquire the motivation it then becomes an expectation. Once its an expectation and is continually pounded into my head it becomes a state of mind in a sense. At this point I when it comes game time, my mind is already motivated since it has adapted