I was wondering how you deal with the various ''helpful suggestions'' you get. People with little or no knowledge of bipolar or other MI tend to tell us how we ''should cope'' and this is coming from a place of ignorance. And yet, some of them act as if they are ''superior'' when they are really just clueless and do not think or speak with insight, in depth, outside the box, or even with compassion or respect in some cases...

A couple of us were thinking of this idea for a thread. Looking forward to hearing from people

(this is not about anyone on here, its people who are completely clueless and who make annoying simplistic ''helpful suggestions'' )

One is to ''just relax'' - with nothing else offered - for someone with severe anxiety

or to ''just cheer up, others have it worse'' - for someone with severe depression

or to ''just get on with it'' - for anyone having a hard time and needing to talk to someone

or ''just control yourself'' for someone experiencing mania

or ''we all get depressed'' ...

etc...