Sorry to hear about your troubles. Regarding your status after Adam, we suggest using the save point in the corridor to replenish your health as you're not supposed to have any items as of yet at that point. You can recognize it as it's a pillar which shines green in the darkness and is covered in sparkles. It's the only object in the corridor with such characteristics so you can't miss it.
For the restart bug you mentioned, we'd need other information. Please come to the Discord community so we can help more properly there.