I wish we would be able to discuss something on the mental illness spectrum which is less serious than Bipolar, yet more serious than a fear of public speaking.
It is in that gap that most people who are in therapy exist.
By suggesting that anything worse than a fear of public speaking is akin to Bipolar, I think we are contributing to the stigma.
(Well, of course you could argue that the suggestion is that anything less serious than Bipolar is on the level of public speaking, but that is equally absurd.)