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I tried, but I came up with either:

  1. 信じる(~よう(vol.)) + とする(~ていた(prog. past)) + だけ + かもしれない。
  2. 信じよう + として + いただける(stem) + かもしれない。

I highly doubt that second one is true, because かもしれない "takes" dictionary or
past forms, but I am nit sure what だけ would mean in this sentence.
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How to break 信じようとしていただけかも知れない into separate parts?
It's the first one. Simply put, the second one doesn't make any sense. I can't
come up with any kind of reasonable explanation for why something would be
written that way, nor have I ever seen the stem of `いただける` used as a noun.

Frankly only after reading this question did I even realize that there were
dictionary entries for `いただける` specifically, since it comes from the potential
form of `いただく`.

The first one, on the other hand, pretty clearly means something like

> Maybe (I) was just trying to believe it

Though the topic is omitted and could consequently could be anyone, obviously
including people other than the speaker. I just default to `I`.
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> 信じようとしていただけかも知れない

### Pulling it apart

Let's break this down.

> 信じようとしていた

In turn, this phrase is:

  * 信じよう  
The volitional of 信じる.

  * と  
The particle.

  * して  
する in the conjunctive ～て form.

  * いた  
いる in the past tense / completed aspect.

The main meaning here is "had been trying to believe". The construction
`[VERB: volitional]`とする parses out to "try to `[VERB]`".

> だけ

"Only" or "just".

> かも知れない

In turn, this is:

  * か  
Question particle, also used in certain kinds of coordinating clauses.

  * も  
Inclusive particle: "even, also"

  * 知【し】れない  
知【し】る in the potential negative form.

The main meaning of the construction ～かもしれない is "I can't know [for sure] if
～", used idiomatically to mean "it might be ～".

### Putting it back together

Literally then, we have:

> 信じようとしていただけかも知れない  
>  believe `[VOL]` was doing only might be  
>  → was trying to believe only might be

Putting that into sensible English:

> It might only be that [someone] was trying to believe
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