That is the default human response, even for you and everyone else. Fundamentally the brain is not a logical thinking machine, it is a survival machine. Any rational, reasoned logical thinking you do is the overwhelming exception to the stimulus, heuristic based norm.

That's the real red pill of life.

Scott Adams, Robert Cialdini are two author/bloggers you can follow if you are interested in knowing more about this and are probably the most accessible/top of my head.