Just reading the comments above and I see where you are all coming from. If I am in the corner prior to the spanking, my thoughts are why am I here, what did I do and the butterflies start in my tummy. Not being allowed to move but can only hear what is going on heightens the anticipation !
Once the spanking is done and I am back in the corner, hands on head, red bum on show, I have that feeling of warmth and sometimes solitude and can reflect on the circumstances and accept the humiliation of being exposed like that.
I have been put in the corner without a spanking and left alone, great time to forget the world and be in your own world, quite therapeutic !