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I'm sure the neurophysiology of pain has some insight to offer as to whether or not this hypothesis is correct, but I haven't read enough to know. Bud Craig is one of the major researchers in this area. His paper on pain as a homeostatic emotion is here, but it's kinda old now (2003).