Table 1.

Example of analysis.

Quote	Preliminary code	Sub-theme	Theme	Meta-theme
“Learning that it’s not dangerous even though it hurts, it will pass. It helped me a lot when I learned that [the feeling] will always pass. And I had not thought of that before, I was so preoccupied with how painful it was”	Learning that feelings eventually will pass	Learning about feelings	Learning new ways of understanding myself and others	Explicit learning of a provided approach specific to my struggles