Most people believe manifestation is about visualizing what you want.
But reality responds far more to repetition than fantasy.
If someone spends every day internally rehearsing fear, insecurity, hopelessness, self-doubt, and failure, then no amount of external affirmations will override the emotional script they continuously feed their nervous system.
The subconscious listens to consistency.
This is why sustained identity change is the deepest form of manifestation.
When the self changes deeply enough, reality reorganizes around it.