I think it's more like, you have a thought X, that has so many dimensions to it, but the way you serialize it to something that's actually discussable and comparable to other thoughts is language. And sometimes that language naturally loves slicing one part of that thought one way or the other.

(then there's also a feedback loop type of argument, that always happens when discussing any sort of perception-reality distinction, but let's ignore that for now)

At least for me, my brain is so bad and it's hard for me to truly hold a single thought in my head for a long time. Maybe it eventually settles into my subconscious but I don't really have a way to verify that.