game freeze leads to loading screen after game restarts

When the game freezes, usually when an interaction like a breach or abyss starts, the HUD will remain but the map/character part will display the loading gears with the little embers like at the beginning of the game. The noises restart, and then I can hear that the game has restarted for example character shooting noises and resulting mana loss displayed on hud, damage taken from hits etc, all while the loading screen remains. Sometimes it reverts to normal after a few seconds(yay) and sometimes I have to close game and restart (not yay). Died in a nice juicy map due to this, hence a post. Pls save me wizards, any help appreciated