Finder menu not accessible. When clicking finder menu all icons blink. Clock gone. Safari quits "help data plug in" Etc.

When I attempt to click anywhere on my top menu bar all of my desktop icons blink and I am not able to access anything such as my apple icon, shut down or restart or file, etc. My clock is gone, my search bar is gone, etc. Safari also keeps quitting unexpectedly while using the "help data" plug in. I can attempt to add video of the action if necessary if you need it.  Any help would be really appreciated. First time using the community. Thank you!

Update: If I click somewhere in the menu bar everything flashes as previously posted. But if I click the menu bar again after the flash I can then access the options in the bar, but everthing still missing as reported and safari crashing.

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