Figuring out how to get your love back after a breakup doesn't have to be a hopeless situation. The pain and depression you are feeling right now WILL pass, but it will take time. Although knowing it will take time does little to help you feel better right now, it is important that you remain positive and optimistic.

Doing so is good for both your physical and mental health and will ultimately make you more attractive to your ex or to your next potential boyfriend or girlfriend if you have decided to move on. Here are 4 quick and easy tips to help you find love and happiness again.

First, remember that a breakup is never one person's fault. Even if someone has cheated, the reason they cheated is probably because there was something wrong in the relationship.

Don't put all the blame on yourself and don't put all the blame on your ex either. It's important to remember that no one is perfect and everyone makes mistakes even when they have the best of intentions. To find happiness and get your love back, remember that you and your ex are only human.

Second, when you're going through a breakup and faced with deciding to move on or to try and get back together with your ex, make sure to take responsibility for your own actions. Rather than focusing on everything your ex did wrong in the relationship, look inward and work on making improvements in your own life. This means take care of yourself physically and identify your own faults, flaws, and imperfections and find ways to improve on them. If you're unable to be objective with yourself, ask a close friend who knows you inside and out to help you.

Third, identify what went wrong in the relationship that caused you to lose your love in the first place. Was it a lack of intimacy? Maybe it was a lack of trust. If you or your ex are young, maybe it was immaturity or inexperience dealing with common relationship problems that led to the breakup.

Trust your gut and trust your heart. Deep down you know if reclaiming lost love and getting your ex back is truly what you want. If it is, then identify core issues and work on resolving them so you can avoid repeat mistakes in your next relationship.

Lastly, let go of the past so you can move to the future. If your relationship has left you lacking trust for the opposite sex, you'll want to try and get help dealing with these emotions. Trust is vital in any relationship, and you can't hold past wrongs against your ex if you want to move on and get your love back. You must wash away the past and start with a clean slate.

With a little effort, you can learn how to get your love back. Be open to new possibilities and remain optimistic about what the future holds. As they say, it is better to have loved and to lost than to never have loved at all.