Believing your affirmations isn't necessary
I hear a lot of people say things like "You need to believe in your affirmations."
No, you don't. I mean, you can obviously believe in them, but it's not necessary.
Your subconscious doesn't know whether you think what you're saying is true or not in the 3D.
Personally, I've manifested things by robotically affirming even when I didn't believe them at all. Actually, I was like, "Nah, how can this possibly be true? You're just crazy" lol. But I continued and then it manifested in my reality.
I also think this, forcing the belief, the emotion, "otherwise it doesn't work", can be harmful because someone might start affirming, realize they don't believe it, get frustrated, and eventually give up on manifestation, thinking, "It's all bullshit."
At the end of the day, you are the operant power, so you decide what is true. If you believe you don't have to believe your affirmations, then you don't have to.
Let me know if you've ever manifested something without believing your affirmations.