I graduated with a bachelors in computer science around 4 years ago. Long story short, I was depressed, dysphoric, and suicidal throughout my college years and by the time I finished I didn’t want to do anything. I’ve been unemployed for the last 4 years but I’ve also transitioned, started taking better care of myself, and overall I feel much better.
Anyways, I need to get a job now. What kind of lies can I get away with on my resume to cover up the long period of unemployment? Should I pretend I started some sort of company and it failed? Pretend like I went on some backpacking journey in a foreign country? Do companies even check all this stuff?
I did do an internship at a big tech company several years ago, and I’m working on personal software projects so I can put that on my resume. Also, I’m in Amerikkka.
Sorry if this question has been asked here before 
My rule is do not lie about anything you don’t think you could actually pull off if push comes to shove. That might sound like a limiting factor but once you realize most jobs are not as hard as they want you to believe it really does open the doors to anything you wanna do. Obviously don’t lie about being a nuclear scientist or something, but for most work this one has always served me right. It’s all about framing and picking the right words to make you stand out.