What's using up all my RAM?

Hey all,
I've got a MBP Late Mid-2011 with 8GB of RAM. In the Activity Monitor, it says I am using up nearly all of my 8GB - but on what? I cannot seem to figure this out, and it is seriously slowing my machine down like crazy. Any help would be greatly appreciated...screeshot below:

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