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Your body's smoke alarm, screaming whether the kitchen's on fire or just toast.
means Feeling fear or alarm in response to a perceived threat, real or imagined.
from From Old Norse skirra, to frighten — Viking-era dread that crossed the North Sea and never left.
Body firstAdrenaline floods you before the brain explains why.
Useful fearIt kept ancestors off the menu for millennia.
FakeableHorror films hijack the same circuit for fun.