My Mac is lagging big and whenever I click on something it just goes to the spinning wheel of death I can't do anything I need help

Somebody help me My Mac is lagging big and whenever I click on something it just goes to the spinning wheel of death I can't do anything I need help

What model year Mac and what version of OS X are you running.
If this is on an older Mac with standard Rotating HDD it could be a sign the HDD is either to full of data or it is starting to fail. It could also be caused by 3rd party software you've installed.

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    MacBook Pro (17-inch, Early 2008) (Verified)
    MacBook Pro - model: MacBookPro4,1
    1 2.6 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo CPU: 2 cores
    5 GB RAM
    Video Information: GeForce 8600M GT - VRAM: 512 MB
    Color LCD 1680 x 1050
    System Software: Mac OS X 10.7.5 (11G63) - Uptime: 0 days 0:12:35
    Disk Information: WDC WD1600BEVS-00VAT0 disk0 : (160.04 GB) disk0s1 (disk0s1) <not mounted>: 209.7 MB
    Macintosh HD (disk0s2) / [Startup]: 159.18 GB (27.6 GB free)
    Recovery HD (disk0s3) <not mounted>: 650 MB
    USB Information: Apple Inc. Built-in iSight
    Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller
    Apple Computer Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad
    Apple Computer, Inc. IR Receiver
    Kernel Extensions:
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    WebEx64: Version: 1.0 Support
    3rd Party Preference Panes:
    Akamai NetSession Preferences Support
    Citrix online plug-in  Support
    Flash Player  Support
    Flip4Mac WMV  Support
    Java  Support
    Perian  Support
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    Flash Player  Support
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    Java  Support
    Perian  Support
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