It is common for adolescents and teenagers to feel extremes of emotions. My lecturer calls it "awfulizing" and "I-can't-stand-ititus" (itus as in tonsilitus, an illness).
Awfulizing is exaggerating the negative consequence of a situation to an extreme degree.
I-can't-stand-ititus is low fustration tolerance, hence you often hear them comment on how they can't stand the teachers for example.
In addition wishes or preferences become demands and needs.
We have gone through this phase but most likely have forgotten our feelings then. Out of curiosity I dug out my diaries of 3 decades ago. My my, was I a moody teenager. I hated hypocrisy in people to the extremes. If my teenage self were to judge my present self now, the young me would have squirmed. Sigh! but that's the real world isn't it? How to reveal your true feelings all the time? Maybe the adults call it EQ and not hypocrisy.
But then again I wish I can regain a bit of that intensity now. So if your kids display these traits, tell them to savour it, hahaha
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