Raj has a lot on his plate. He works full-time, has a second part-time job, and is building a new consulting company based on his son's special needs. He has a lot of stress in his life but seems to be coping with everything quite well (for the moment, anyway). According to Hans Selye, he is in which stage of the general adaptation syndrome?

When someone has passed the initial stage of being shocked by a stressful situation the body will try to restore it original state. This is when a hormone which is called cortisol is released which will begin to lower down the heart rate and blood pressure. The body is still alert but continues to work towards reaching a balanced state and if the stressors are removed it will return back to its normal state.

If the stress is not resolved after the body has tried to fight for restoration the person will go to the exhaustion stage when someone will be suffering real consequences of stress such as depression.