IMessage suddenly empty

Hi,
During the night my icloud password had reset (I don't know why) but i couldn't log in to any icloud based thing (itunes, imessage, email) on any device.
I went through the steps to reset my password, which is now fine. All services work on ipad and iphone now.
Everything works on my iMac except iMessages. It has gone blank. There are a string of empty avatars on the left hand side where previously they would all have been photos, the space where the text conversation woudl have been is empty and in the to: box at the top it doesn't have contact names it just has their telephone number in red. It is like it cannot connect to my contacts.
Has anyone got any tips on how to resolve this? I have ensured the password is now correct. I haev restarted it and then rebooted imac. i have checked for latest updates (there was nothing recently).
It is almost like it needs to rebuild.
many thanks,
martin

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