Board Thread:Dark Souls II/@comment-26376665-20150507044955/@comment-3236835-20150507093654

A similar bug (and by similar, I mean almost exactly the same) happened to me once while playing Deus Ex: Human Revolution DC (PC version). Transitioning through maps or loading previous saves didn't fix the problem, only quiting and launching the game again.

As you're playing on PS3, I'd try deleting the save file first and creating a new character from scratch.