Guardians notice boomtube activity , realise the group that opened them were the new gods from apokolips , they then send that sectors Lanterns to deal with the issue , its their jobs afterall <| sep |> 1 Tell your date about the scars if you feel it ' s necessary , but there ' s no need to explain it too much . You ' re human with flaws . 2 As for confidence , this is something I ' ve been working on as a really insecure over thinker . It ' s not a matter of repeating to yourself that I am a confident person or I need to act like x , y and z to be more confident . Confidence is just accepting that everything is going to be okay , regardless of what happens . It ' s a slow lesson to learn but you ' ll get there one day . <| sep |> YES ! I have this same issue . Almost 6 yrs into NC , I still sometimes wake up and marvel at the fact that I can do just about anything I want . Ice cream for dinner ? Yup ! Procrastinate on doing the dishes ? Yup ! Take a nap ? Yup ! Sometimes I go into a store , not to buy anything , but just to appreciate the fact that I CAN buy something without begging my Nmom ' s permission to spend money I earned . It ' s really hard to break out of that mindset I love baking and making jewelry too ! of having to have a specific excuse , and I still struggle with that , but I ' m getting better . It ' s truly a freeing feeling . Enjoy ! D