Documents folder in Finder suddenly empty, turning on iCloud Drive Desktop and Documents settings didn’t restore it

Like the title says I woke up today with my documents folder empty on Finder.

I am using a MacBook Air sonoma 14.7.4.

I researchee around the issue and checked my system settings only to find that under iCloud Drive desktop and documents was toggle off. However, I didn’t think it was a big deal because my desktop folder has lots of files in there which seem intact. Anyway I toggled it back on to see if it would restore my documents but to no avail I’ve also checked my bin and there are no documents there. Coincidentally on Microsoft Word any document with the pathway that leads to my local documents folder no longer open because it’s either been “deleted or currently inaccessible“. I’ve noticed that a couple of documents are in the auto recovery folder however they do not open either so I’m feeling a bit lost and frustrated because there were quite a few items in this folder. Unfortunately, I do not have time machine either.

is there hope of recovering these items if not, is there any way to open the auto recovery word documents which do not want to open?

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