Well, for me, I had would get that response when I was a kid, because my mom was emotionally dysregulated and I would fawn to short-circuit her aggression in order to evade the beatings.

Fast forward to high school, and I had a very soothing tone of voice. Most of the things I did were designed to soothe the people around me.

As an adult, I had numerous experiences where I felt threatened, because I lived in a low-income neighborhood with lots of violence. Somehow, I actually got good at short-circuiting people's brains this way. It's like a weapon, almost.

For example, someone pulled a knife on me. It was somewhat ornate. I said, "OUUH! Can I see it!" and held out my hand. They straight up handed the knife to me in confusion, lol. Some people walked by, and I handed it back to him. Said, "That's awesome!" and walked on. Dude was too confused to do anything.