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 
Beyond resume, lie your ass off about previous salaries (keep it believable), and always counter an offer by informing them that it's lower than the other offers you have on the table, keep those believable too. Depending on your level of experience and industry averages you can at least get a few more thousand out of them.
The advice I’ve received was give a salary that’s a bit higher than your actual desired salary. It seems like an obvious tactic everyone knows, but companies are counting on entry level candidates to be ignorant when it comes to finances.
Yep, they can't see your finances and HR departments can't disclose that info either.