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 
I feel guilty putting on interesting projects I worked on that didn’t pan out on my resume. If I lied I feel like I’d actually have nightmares.
Tbf I’m not even getting any hits for mobile app dev jobs and I have 2 published apps. Can’t even be truthful and get any snags.
My passion is IT, and I’ve had a few interviews but they all fizzled out. It’s end of the year so I’m gonna hybernate until January and start hitting it hard again. Maybe I’ll look up a few videos on how to lie effectively or something.