Bugged Hardcore deaths

[Coynepurse]

Bone collector animation scene, where you get dragged into the sewer grate and wake up in another room, causes my character to permanently die. It seems like a bug because my character wakes up in the other room, as intended, but from that point on, if I leave the game, I can't access the character because the game thinks he's dead. Are you supposed to permanently die from that in spite of waking up and being able to continue playing?

It also happened to me with the Yeshua Empress, if you choose to fight her guards and you lose the fight. You're supposed to wake up in the prison and be able to continue the game but it's a half life, because the moment you leave the game, it thinks your character is dead and you can't load that save.

Note: Once in that state where the game thinks I'm dead but I'm still running around, very much alive, I'm not able to leave the game. It says there are enemies nearby, even when I'm at the Ward.