The body is the ego’s greatest ally.
– Byron Katie
Yes, in so many ways.
I am this body. I will die. I don’t want to die.
My body is sick. It will get sick. It’s not good looking enough. It’s too old. It will get old. I won’t be attractive anymore. They won’t like me. I am wearing the wrong clothes. What will people think about how I look? Am I good and impressive enough looking to find a partner?
I am this body. The rest of the world is not me. It’s something that can help me or hurt me. It’s a precarious situation.
And more basic:
These sensations are connected to these images and words, and means these images and words are real, solid and true.
The mind is great at coming up with thoughts related to or relying on the body. And there is no end to how much stress can be created by these thoughts when they are unexamined and held as true. (Even if just a part of us hold them as true.)