APPLICATIONS FOLDER HAS GONE BESERK - PLEASE HELP!

For the past few weeks, most of my apps no longer are visible in the applications folder.
The apps work; finder shows them as residing in the apps folder.
If I go to the applications folder, though, all I see are the apps with names that begin with "A", plus the CALCULATOR app.
Everything else [Quicktime, MS Office, etc.] does not appear.
However, all the applications are working, and finder shows them as being located in the apps folder.
Today, I found I cannot ADD new apps to my apps folder.
It will not accept new apps.
I am trying to install dashline 2.0 [a new app for me].
When I drag the app to the apps folder, the time bar appears and runs through the move.
However, the app never appears in the apps folder.
When I search in finder, dashline does NOT show up as being in the app folder.
If I try again, to drag the app to the apps folder, I get a prompt telling me the app is already in the apps folder.
I googled these problems but all the answers I find have to do with setting up new computers, transferring from one computer to another, or 'losing' apps from the computer altogether.
Here is the info on my computer.
MacBook Pro
17" late 2011
Mac OSX 10.7.5
1.4Ghz Intel Core i7
16GB Memory
not networked or shared
Please help if you can. I am hugely confounded on this one.

Hello, Thomas, and thank you for this suggestion. Here is my list:
total 56
drwxrwxr-x+ 108 root      admin   3672 Jun 10 09:15 .
drwxrwxr-x   35 root      admin   1258 Jun 5 16:10 ..
-rw-rw-r--    1 root      admin 21508 Jun 10 09:14 .DS_Store
-rw-r--r--    1 root      wheel      0 Jun 13 2011 .localized
drwxr-xr-x+   3 root      wheel    102 Oct 5 2012 Address Book.app
drwxr-xr-x    7 root      admin    238 Jun 6 17:52 Adobe
drwxrwxr-x@   7 root      admin    238 Feb 9 09:19 Adobe Acrobat X Pro
drwxrwxr-x@   8 root      admin    272 Mar 28 12:02 Adobe Acrobat XI Pro
drwxrwxr-x@ 13 root      admin    442 Feb 5 2012 Adobe After Effects CS5
drwxrwxr-x@ 13 root      admin    442 Feb 22 17:46 Adobe After Effects CS5.5
lrwxr-xr-x    1 root      admin     64 Jun 6 17:40 Adobe Application Manager -> /Applications/Utilities/Adobe Application Manager/core/PDapp.app
drwxrwxr-x@   6 root      admin    204 Jul 23 2012 Adobe Audition CS5.5
drwxrwxr-x@   9 root      admin    306 Jul 23 2012 Adobe Bridge CS5.1
drwxrwxr-x@   8 root      admin    272 Jun 6 18:07 Adobe Bridge CS6
drwxrwxr-x@ 13 root      admin    442 Jul 23 2012 Adobe Contribute CS5.1
drwxrwxr-x@   5 root      admin    170 Feb 4 2012 Adobe Device Central CS5
drwxrwxr-x@   5 root      admin    170 Jul 23 2012 Adobe Device Central CS5.5
drwxr-xr-x    3 501       admin    102 Mar 22 2012 Adobe Digital Editions.app
drwxr-xr-x    3 giovanna staff    102 Oct 9 2012 Adobe Download Assistant.app
drwxrwxr-x@ 12 root      admin    408 Jul 25 2012 Adobe Dreamweaver CS5.5
drwxrwxr-x@ 10 root      admin    340 Jun 6 17:59 Adobe Dreamweaver CS6
drwxrwxr-x@   5 root      admin    170 Jul 23 2012 Adobe Encore CS5.1
drwxrwxr-x@   8 root      admin    272 Feb 4 2012 Adobe Extension Manager CS5
drwxrwxr-x@   8 root      admin    272 Jul 23 2012 Adobe Extension Manager CS5.5
drwxrwxr-x@   6 root      admin    204 Jun 6 18:07 Adobe Extension Manager CS6
drwxrwxr-x@ 10 root      admin    340 Aug 4 2012 Adobe Fireworks CS5.1
drwxrwxr-x@ 21 root      admin    714 May 18 18:01 Adobe Flash Builder 4.5
drwxrwxr-x@ 14 root      admin    476 Mar 28 16:52 Adobe Flash CS5.5
drwxrwxr-x@ 20 root      admin    680 Jul 23 2012 Adobe Flash Catalyst CS5.5
drwxrwxr-x@ 12 root      admin    408 Jul 23 2012 Adobe Illustrator CS5.1
drwxrwxr-x@ 11 root      admin    374 Jun 6 18:07 Adobe Illustrator CS6
drwxrwxr-x@ 13 root      admin    442 Feb 5 2012 Adobe InDesign CS5
drwxrwxr-x@ 13 root      admin    442 Jul 23 2012 Adobe InDesign CS5.5
drwxrwxr-x@ 12 root      admin    408 Jun 6 17:53 Adobe InDesign CS6
drwxrwxr-x@   5 root      admin    170 Jul 23 2012 Adobe Media Encoder CS5.5
drwxrwxr-x@   5 root      admin    170 Jun 6 17:53 Adobe Media Encoder CS6
drwxr-xr-x    3 root      wheel    102 Feb 4 2012 Adobe Media Player.app
drwxrwxr-x@   6 root      admin    204 Feb 4 2012 Adobe OnLocation CS5
drwxrwxr-x@   6 root      admin    204 Jul 23 2012 Adobe OnLocation CS5.1
drwxrwxr-x@ 16 root      admin    544 Sep 26 2012 Adobe Photoshop CS5.1
drwxrwxr-x@ 12 root      admin    408 Jun 6 17:58 Adobe Photoshop CS6
drwxrwxr-x@   8 root      admin    272 Feb 5 2012 Adobe Premiere Pro CS5
drwxrwxr-x@   8 root      admin    272 Jul 23 2012 Adobe Premiere Pro CS5.5
drwxrwxr-x    3 root      admin    102 Feb 4 2012 Adobe Reader.app
drwxrwxr-x@   5 root      admin    170 Feb 4 2012 Adobe Soundbooth CS5
drwxr-xr-x    3 root      wheel    102 Jul 23 2012 Adobe Story.app
drwxr-xr-x    3 giovanna staff    102 Oct 24 2012 Amazon MP3 Downloader.app
drwxrwxr-x    3 501       staff    102 Jun 4 2012 Android File Transfer.app
drwxr-xr-x+   3 root      wheel    102 Oct 5 2012 App Store.app
drwxr-xr-x    3 root      wheel    102 Oct 5 2012 Automator.app
drwxr-xr-x    3 root      wheel    102 Oct 5 2012 Calculator.app

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