Lili Reinhart Is Asking The Really Important Questions On Twitter

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Lili Reinhart has an important question for Twitter: "Do people actually go into the bathroom and splash their faces with water to calm down? Or does that only happen in movies?"

In real life— do people actually go into the bathroom and splash their faces with water to calm down? Or does that only happen in movies...?

— Lili Reinhart (@lilireinhart) October 14, 2018

The Riverdale star is known for her fair share of hilarious and relatable tweets in the past including these ones:

I love you.
You’re the one consistent part of my life.
I crave you the minute I start my day.
And all I think about is returning to you each night.
Sometimes I take you for granted... and it fills me with regret.
I am chained to you. Forever.

-my new poem, titled “my Bed”

— Lili Reinhart (@lilireinhart) October 1, 2018

You ever combine two words together on accident and it makes no sense and there’s no use trying to cover up your mistake and you hate yourself

— Lili Reinhart (@lilireinhart) September 18, 2018

If you say “I have a surprise for you” and it’s not a dog then I don’t want it.

— Lili Reinhart (@lilireinhart) September 11, 2018

Lili posed the question on her personal Twitter account and got fellow users riled up over the movie myth. Does it actually happen? Do people actually splash their faces with water to calm down? We know we don’t, and many Twitter users were on the same page.

And ruin my makeup? I don't think so.

— Devin but like Spookier🐺 (@GeauxDevin) October 14, 2018

Only in movies 🤷🏼♀️😂

— Husnaa ⚡️ (@xoHusnaaxo) October 14, 2018

I tried it once and it actually made me more cranky because I was overwhelmed AND wet

— Sal𝔼𝕞 🌙 (@helloemmao) October 14, 2018

I don't... I only splash water on my face when it needs a good rinsing or something. Splashing water on my face to calm down would only piss me off... lol. I just internalize the calming down process.

— Mokumegane (@Yosemono) October 14, 2018

I've done it...
But probably because I saw it in a movie. pic.twitter.com/cbxEOSvye8

— Nichy Fontaine (@OohNicholas) October 14, 2018

i can't even wash my hands let alone splash water on my face without getting water all over my clothes

— hannah🕸 (@angstycole) October 14, 2018

But many other Twitter users came to support the face-water-splashing, stating that it helps with their anxiety.

I actually do this

Kind of like hitting the reset button

— Tyler Ganza | Elevate (@Spartan) October 14, 2018

I have to do it when my anxiety gets quite bad, I begin to sweat and overheat so I Splash my face with cold water to chill out for a bit

— J a i d a n L o r a n🌼 (@jaidan_loran) October 14, 2018

YES. Cold water is a way to trigger your parasympathetic nervous system. So, when you’re feeling very stressed, over-emotional, or anxious it’s a way to “reset” and self-regulate by increasing blood flow back to the brain, lowering heart rate, etc.

— Britt 🌻 (@basicallyybritt) October 14, 2018

It’s an actual therapeutic technique to calm down from crisis situations. Works well for anxiety attacks. But disclaimer not a good idea if you have heart issues bc it rapidly slows your heartbeat. pic.twitter.com/vYkBD9Ti0I

— Rae🌈 (@sanversxslexie) October 14, 2018

Hmm… That's something to explore. Would you give it a try?

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