"Documents" folder is empty, all files and folders disappeared.

Hello there.
I was trying to install a software, and since it couldn't work, I was advised to remove different files.
Since then, seems all my files and folders from "Documents" have all disappeared. They're not in the trash, they're not anywhere.
I'm actually using MacKeeper to try finding them among deleted stuff. But so far, nothing has showed up.
Before anyone asks, I did not change my folder user name. Can't be this.
Thanks for your help. I'm in real ****.
Friendly,
Cyrille.

No I don't have any backups.
The software I am talking about is Parallels Desktop.
I had to remove those files :
rm -rfd /Users/~Cyberpen~/Library/Preferences/com.parallels*"
rm -rfd /Users/~You~/Library/Preferences/Parallels/*"
rm -rfd /Users/~You~/Library/Preferences/Parallels"
sudo m -rfd /private/var/db/Parallels/Stats/*
sudo m -rfd /private/var/db/Parallels/Stats
sudo m -rfd /private/var/db/Parallels
sudo m -rfd /Library/Logs/parallels.log
sudo m -rfd /Library/Preferences/Parallels/*
sudo m -rfd /Library/Preferences/Parallels
sudo m -rfd /private/var/db/Parallels
sudo m -rfd /private/var/.Parallels_swap
sudo m -rfd /private/var/db/receipts/'com.parallels*'
sudo m -rfd /private/tmp/qtsingleapp-*-lockfile
sudo m -rfd /private/tmp/com.apple.installer*/*
sudo m -rfd /private/tmp/com.apple.installer*
sudo m -rfd /private/var/root/Library/Preferences/com.parallels.desktop.plist
I did this manually (didn't work with Terminal) so I had to go deep into the macbook and sometimes change permissions to access those specific files (I was probably not supposed to touch).

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