To help increase your grip strength, try incorporating exercises like hand extensions into your regular exercise routine. This exercise is not really a grip exercise, but it will strengthen the muscles that help to give you a strong grip. You can either use a thick rubber band (or multiple rubber bands) or get a professional tool that helps you perform this exercise. To use the rubber bands, pull the rubber band down over your hand so that it's resting near the base of your fingers. In a slow and controlled way, spread your fingers and thumbs out away from your palm. They should be pushing against the rubber band. Hold your fingers and thumbs as long as you can against the pressure of the rubber band. Repeat a few times on each hand. Another great exercise to try is by squeezing a hand gripper. You will need to get a gripper, which is a handheld grip exerciser that you squeeze with 1 hand at a time. Squeezing a gripper will help strengthen your grip by working the muscles in your hand. Hold on to a gripper in each hand or work 1 hand at a time. Wrap your entire hand around the handles. Make sure the grippers have a plastic coating to help make this exercise comfortable. Squeeze the handles so they are close together (this would typically open the gripper so it could be placed around a barbell). Hold this squeeze for as long as you can. Repeat a few reps with each hand. Another great exercise to strengthen the muscles in your palms are plate pinches. Grab a few conventional weighted plates to get started on this exercise. Place 1 or more 10 pound plates together with the smoother side facing out. Pinch or squeeze them together with your hands (thumb on 1 side and 4 fingers on the other side) and hold them as long as you can in the air. Keep the plates closer to the floor in case you drop 1. Also, do not hold them over your feet. Try to work up to being able to hold four 10 pound plates in each hand for at least 1 minute. Repeat two to three times if you can. If you have barbells that have a wider circumference than the standard barbells, these are a great tool to use to help improve your grip strength as well. Improving your grip strength with a fat or wide barbell is easy and simple to do. Grab 1 of these barbells with both hands and squeeze as tight as you can. Your fingers and thumbs should not be able to touch when your fist is clasped around the bar. To make this exercise more difficult, add plates to either side of the bar. Your goal should be to hold this bar for at least 1 minute and repeat for 1 or 2 more sets.

Summary: Do hand extensions. Use a hand gripper. Incorporate plate pinches. Squeeze wide barbells.

A professional mental health therapist can help you identify the source of your negative emotions and develop healthy skills to lead a more satisfying life. Your self-worth may have been jeopardized by unhealthy relationships or abuse from your past. Talking about these experiences in a unbiased and supportive context can lead to healing. One recognized form of therapy for those who self-sabotage is dialectical behavior therapy. This treatment approach is directed at gaining a better understanding of your feelings in order to build skills that help you stop problematic behaviors. You may work with your therapist to prevent overeating, stop risky sexual activities, and establish healthy relational patterns. Another is cognitive behavioral therapy. CBT will help you identify beliefs that fuel your self-worth. Once you identify those beliefs, you can explore their origins and validity and eventually replace them with thoughts and beliefs that are true. Self-sabotage is prominent in people who feel depressed but do not know how to express or improve their emotions. If feeling unloved has led to depressive symptoms, you need to see a doctor. Depression may manifest as a loss of interest in once pleasurable activities, withdrawing from loved ones, having trouble eating or sleeping, and feeling hopeless. A certain class of prescribed medications known as antidepressants are effective at improve depressive symptoms. This may be advisable if therapy alone does not improve your symptoms. Support is imperative for anyone struggling with mental illness. It's vital to build a network of health care providers and loved one who are there for you as you heal. However, meeting with other people who have gone through what you are going through can also be comforting. Ask your mental health provider about support groups for people who are struggling with the same issues as you. Attending these groups can help you learn how others cope with feeling unloved and help you gain a sense of belonging in a supportive group.

Summary: See a therapist. Determine if you require medication for depression. Take part in a support group.

Trim a portion of clear tape to a piece just large enough to cover the split. Apply it directly to the crack, using a free finger to hold the crack together. Then, trim off any excess tape. This method works best when the split in your toenail does not extend down into your nail bed. Severe splits will need more immediate attention. This solution is useful if you split your toenail while at work or on-the-go. It's not a long-term solution, though. Fix the split at home or go to a professional salon as soon as possible. the crack. If the toenail damage does not extend down into the nail bed, you can file down the crack. For best results, use a clean file and file in the direction of the split. If the split is vertical, file in a single direction to avoid further cracking. File down just slightly past the base of the crack to make sure your nail stays smooth and even. Filing a dry nail can make the split worse. To avoid exacerbating the problem, let your nail soak in warm water for 5 to 10 minutes before filing. If the split does not extend down into your nail bed, you can also glue it together. Apply a small amount of nail glue along the length of the split, and use an orange stick to press the split together until the glue has dried. This typically takes no more than 2 minutes. Once the split is dry, drip a cotton swab in nail polish remover and rub it along the skin next to your nail to remove any excess glue. After the glue dries, apply a clear top coat to your nail to seal the crack and blend the nail together. Cut a small section of paper off from a tea bag. Apply a base coat or clear topcoat to your nail, and let it dry for about 30 seconds so that it becomes tacky. Press the tea bag paper down so that it covers the split completely, and smooth the paper so that it has no wrinkles or bubbles. Trim the paper to fit your nail shape, and file it down to blend the paper to your nail. File in the direction of your split. Filing against your split could cause further damage. Then, apply another layer of topcoat to turn the paper translucent. Once the full extent of the split has grown out past the extent of your fingertip, you can safely trim it off. Use a pair of nail scissors to carefully cut just under the split. Then, file your nail down, running the file in a single direction so as to avoid new splits or snags.
Summary: Hold the nail together with tape for a temporary solution. File down Glue the split together. Use the tea bag method. Trim the split once it has grown out past the fingertip.