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 
the only time i have experience with this is at one point i lied about having a masters degree when I didn't even have a bachelors, they didn't even check but it didn't even help much with hiring tbh and I ended up removing it from the resume and put real stuff and got hired with that. that said, I would say mostly don't lie and for the things you do lie about, not only convince yourself its true but also run through a few toy projects and google/chatgpt common interview questions for that thing and all the other things you are supposed to know and rehearse your shit. i actually am doing that for stuff that I have experience with too because I'm forgetting stuff I knew 2 years ago, for example. that said, I can't lie, I've been super tempted to start lying about the EXTENT of my experience with things lately, I feel like I'm being too honest and noone else is......