Finder does not show the content

Late 2011 MacBook Pro 2.4GHz i5, 16GB RAM. OS X 10.10 (Yosemite).
When I open up Finder, it does not show me any files I got on my Mac. I can choose Movies/Music and everything, but they're all blank. After waiting 5-10 minutes some of the folders finally load but, when I click onto my user it freezes. So I have to relaunch it. Which most of the times crashes again. What can I do? All those files are accessible via terminal.

Hi ..
Might be Finder preferences are corrupted ...
Open the Finder. From the Finder menu bar click Go > Go to Folder
Type or copy paste the following:
~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.finder.plist
Click Go then move the com.apple.finder.plist file to the Trash.
Restart your Mac then try the Finder.

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