All you have to do is try harder and you'll get rid of the bipolar. (This coming from my insulin dependent diabetic husband. I told him to try harder to get rid of his diabetes and he'll be off insulin. End of conversation.)

All bipolar means is you can't deal with stress. You're going to have to learn that there are ups and downs to life. (This from my mom who is textbook bipolar but has never gotten help.)

If you quit watching horror movies and reading scary books you won't be bipolar anymore. (Yes, someone actually told me that. She meant well but my reaction pretty amounted to WTH?!)

You need to be closer to God. (As a Christian I found this laughable.)