Psychology at play in dumb'ss French defense

Here white is a player with percentile 95% ( better than 95% of all players ). So white is a strong player. On Nc3 I play this dxe4, Bd7, Bc6 idea, which trades the ls bishop for some knight ( which one is dependent on how white plays ). Ls bishop is the bad bishop in French. In exchange I get a very depressed position, in which there is no immediate crushing attack for white. In the long term yes, white can slowly build up and black can do literally nothing. I play for time here. Black moves need no thinking. Bring the knight on f8, it stops mate on h7, defends everything around the king, then let white play. The psychology is that white tends to think that they have a big attack and thinks long, how to mate or win material ( for white thinks the position so advantageous, it is only a matter of a good tactic to convert ). Time passes, there is no collapse.

The final move you can think is a blunder, but it is really the psychology again. White is down in time, damned black is not collapsing, but there has to be something, hence the final move.

Lol wtf was Qxh7 about??! that was too funny. why did you play that line though? didn't you want to win?

Maybe just a mouse slip.

Psychology?? ahahahahahaha, nope. He wanted to play Qxg7 which looks very drawish and slipped. He also still had 2 minutes left which is enough to draw that position easily. You're a strong player but don't overestimate yourself.

I know one thing. I have tried all "established" reponses to Nc3 / Nd2 ( Winawer, Tarrasch etc. ). I was defeated left and right. White knows what to do in those defenses. Yes, this line is objectively weak, and I have encountered players who knew what to do, slowly build up, bring h-pawn, bring the rook, bring queen pawns etc., then defeat me. But time / psychology works surprisingly well, even against strong players. They are not used to this line, make a long think, say to themselves: "this is an idiot, there has to be SOMETHING ( a combination ) here!" ( and there is not... ).

This dumb line works against both Nc3, Nd2, so no thinking is required, no need to learn two theories.