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I don't think the two necessarily conflict one another. It's one thing to view media expecting something unpleasant or a jumpscare. It's another to not only not expect it, but also to be constantly on edge due to the atmosphere, lack of knowledge of what's ahead, and so on. Not to mention our instincts of course. So it's only natural for our body to be frightened, so to speak. Of course, this could be my overthinking brain bothering me at midnight yet again about something very small in the grand scheme of things.
I may also have a penchant for dramatism.