ITunes Library "damaged"? All my songs are gone now! =(

So i start itunes the other day, and it gives me a message that my itunes library has been "damaged" and now all my songs/playlists/purchased music is gone. The files are still there in their folders, but gone from itunes.
I did some research online on how to fix this, yet i still have some questions......
first, why does/did this happen in the first place!??!!?!?
second, how can i fix the original file so i can restore my playlists and songs? i know i can rename a file from the previous librarys, but it ***** for me because i just recently added to my playlists and purchased new music and do not want to go back to where i was at about a month ago.
my main question, HOW CAN I FIX MY "DAMAGED LIBRARY" FILE TO RESTORE MY LIBRARY TO ITS ORIGINAL STATE RIGHT BEFORE THIS HAPPENED? I have tried to simply rename the file by removing the "(damaged)" tag on the file name, but when i start itunes it gives me the same message and my songs/playlists are still not there.
Thankyou.

Sorry, but i had the same problem & I had to manually re-import all of my songs & videos & re-tag them all & re-organize in playlists and everything! Now if there is another way around it, I have no idea. It happened to me because iTunes froze on my Mac & I had to force quit. When I re-opened iTunes I was in the same boat you are..... I know that isn't any help, but I feel your pain!

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