HELP! I removed my access to my hard drive in sharing and permissions

I'm so stupid! I accidentally removed my access to my hard drive in the "get info" page. On the bottom where it says 'you have custom access' under sharing and permissions I removed myself (clicked the little minus sign). Now I can't open anything and the desktop is complete empty. How do I turn my access back on?

To follow up I tried to add a user back.
Clicked the unlock bottom, put in my password so I could make changes
Then I clicked the plus to add a user back and the beach ball is spinning for eternity
I don't know what to do!!

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