Without meaning this in the negative sense, it sounds like attention-seeking to me.(Let me make clear needing attention is not neccessarily a bad thing, we all need attention,sympathy and caring etc. from people).
Would you say Emma's problem was worse than your own? Perhaps you thought creating this alternative character would get you more support than if you were yourself with your own problems.
Also remember creating fantasies and alternate realities really isn't that uncommon, lots of people do it to escape from everyday life, to occupy their mind, all sorts of reasons.
I really wouldn't worry about it, it doesn't sound unhealthy to me, just that maybe you were feeling a bit neglected and lonely.
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