Retaliation is actually a sign of maladjustment. Sure, it's also quite common. The original comment was unkindly short, but however it was meant, it was accurate. You've said yourself: "growing misanthropy and detachment". These are psychological problems. Not intellectually, but emotionally and socially. I don't know whether a particular psychologist would actually help, but I agree with your own assessment that they do "not serve my interests in the long run". In other words, you are quite clear that they are a problem.
Seeing a psychologist is one step towards doing something about it, that might help. Unfortunately, your misanthropy immediately gets in the way: you would have to at least entertain the notion that someone else does have insights that you don't. So, you're in a difficult situation because the nature of your problem prevents you from getting help with it.
But unless you take some kind of action (perhaps thinking of it as an experimental trial, or maybe finding an aspect or form of it that you are willing to entertain), things aren't going to improve. They'll get worse.
EDIT silly me, I meant to reply in the thread with the line "You lack the capacity to spell sheer, your attempt at philosophical hegemony is quaint. Go see an educator." Fortunately, you seem to have known what I meant anyway.