Table 2.

Selected extracts from the adolescents’ texts grouped by levels of wellbeing and alexithymia.

	WHO_GROUP1	WHO_GROUP4
TAS_GROUP1	No quotes available	“life is like a tightrope, be careful jumping because it might break.” (male, 14 y.o) “an explosion of beautiful and less beautiful emotions, and a desire to return to normal life” (Female, 16 y.o.) “be the future” (Male, 17 y.o.) “a colorful explosion” (female 15 y.o.)
TAS_GROUP3	“A storm of hormones, emotions and negative thoughts in the face of uncertainty and hope for a less bleak future” (male, 16 y.o.) “To be poised on a cliff called sociality.” (male, 15 y.o.) “Please help me” (female, 17 y.o.) “having the desire to experience, go out and enjoy life but at the same time the awareness that it is not always possible or not succeeding due to other causes (e.g., strict parents or lack of motivation)” (Male, 16 y.o.) “Our bodies are maturing with an emptiness inside, and that feeling will one day end with emotions inside.” (Female, 17 y.o.) “It would be too complicated to explain, amongst other reasons because at this time I do not understand anything about anything anymore” (Female, 15 y.o.)	“it is not a good period” (Male, 14 y.o.), “performance anxiety mixed with fun” (Male, 17 y.o.) “there’s a saying: yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, but today is the present...that’s why it’s called the present.” (Female, 16 y.o.)

WHO_GROUP4 = high wellbeing, WHO_GROUP1 = low wellbeing, TAS_GROUP1 = no alexithymia, TAS_GROUP3 = possible alexithymia. The label “no quotes available” is used because the first quadrant comprised three missing answers and two “I do not know”.