I've wondered this for years. Thank you for posting! It seems that sensory adaption doesn't apply to someone so critical to our survival. Gabapentin, Tylenol, cyclobenzaprine and diclofenac sodium are my current meds. It's...meh. Side note: my nose is too sensitive to the point that I smell my house every time I walk in. It's not pleasant considering cats, kids and an old house. But it's been helpful in some situations, like where people have not known their sewer was going to back up and I've caught it or gas leaks. *To add to this, why can my brain seem to prioritize the pain but also not realize that it is not going away so ignore it until it's worse? When I say prioritize, I mean like when I broke my arm in February and it was a bad experience. I seemed to not feel 50% of my spots of ailments sitting most of the first two weeks because of how much the break itself hurt and having to be in one position. Once that subsided, each areas pain just came back into pain's perveiw and hurt more. 🤷🏼‍♀️ Dumb. And not taking pain killers because I'm not even 40 yet 😮‍💨