are you more obsessed when stressed/depressed

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Generally, no. When I am stressed I am usually too busy to think about my special interests and when I am depressed I am usually too unhappy to concentrate on them, though I often escape into the ones that need no abstract thought, such as walking.

My special interests are reading and sci-fi (mostly Star Trek). When I am stressed out, I tend to want to go hide (in the closet if I'm really stressed out/overstimulated) and read snuggled up in blankets.

If I'm sick, I want to watch endless Star Trek videos from any of the series. If I'm really sick, but not bedridden/sleeping all the time, I want to watch original Star Trek videos. (If I'm bedridden, I read Star Trek fan fics or Star Trek novels.

When I'm less stressed out, I read a greater variety of books, branching out to other sci fi (especially Asimov), Xanth, Pern, Jane Austen, Charles Dickens, and some light historical fiction or even light romances.

Ignoring PMS, I'm not often depressed. When I am, I either hide with a book or complain to my kids about trivial things. For some reason, being upset, especially angry, makes me want to clean.

I never go anywhere without a book or Kindle or both. (or several pens and some writing pads and my keys, but that is separate)

I agree with these two folks with the very opposite usernames. In addition, it seems that none of the poll options apply to me. While, yes, I will devote more time on my interests when I'm calm and happy, my interests will really kick into full gear when I'm on the opposite of depression: a somewhat 'manic' period. I'll be pretty frantic all of the time, though especially when I'm engaged in my interests. I would not describe that state as 'calm'.

Yes I do but this happens to Nts too. They also get more into their hobbies and that is all they ever want to do. It has happened to my mother and to my brother. Then when they got on some medicine for their depression, they got interested in going out again and doing other stuff.

In my case, I "hide" in my special interests when I'm stressed or depressed. Either condition also causes my OCD behaviors to get a little on the wacked-out side. When I'm calm and happy, I can deal with the rest of the world instead of feeling the need to hide in my special interests, and my OCD behaviors virtually disappear.