I feel very mixed.  I was physically punished and brought up to think I was evil so needing of even more punishment. So lived through a significant period of extreme pain. Took a while to sort through all those things.  Eventually I found the ability to laugh and feel joy, and being in touch with my body was not so bad.  I have very thin margins of being without pain.  However I do believe body based therapies can be key to get through severe trauma and even psychotic periods.