What is Demoralized?
Your sense of meaning in the work has taken a real hit. A decision, a pattern, or an experience has made it hard to believe things will get better.
When you might feel demoralized
Demoralized is a specific form of disheartened, which itself is a type of struggling. You might experience this feeling in situations where struggling is present, particularly when the circumstances align with the nuances that define demoralized.