Unresponsive mac, nothing opening and safe mode not working

Was browsing on Firefox this morning with several windows open tried to use "logmein" app and got the spinning ball for too long. Restarted and logged back in which took longer than usual. The dock would then barely load and if It did would work very slowly, nothing opens at all other than the downloads folder opens and dashboard just about appears, also the top navigation bar doesn't appear only some grey icons on the top right. I've tried opening in safe mode, just gets stuck.
Please help mac enthusiasts!!
cheers, harrison

Hi..
It does turn on, but just sits on the apple logo and spinning wheel.
If you don't hear the Mac startup chimes which indicate your Mac has passed it's startup diagnostics test, you need to take your Mac in for service.
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