Megan Davies
Megan Davies
Psychiatrist, Royal Edinburgh Hospital
Haven: Office
My haven is here in my office, which is probably a strange thing to say, but in here there are a lot of the things which make me feel slightly like I’ve removed the antiseptic smell of the hospital corridor. I remember particularly when the pandemic happened, I really liked coming back, stepping back in here because it was a kind of scary time.
“Some plants which I’m trying to keep alive. So these are the things that just remind me a little bit of other hinterlands apart from work.
“In my office I’ve got poster up on the walls of exhibitions that I’ve been to, and quite a lot of artwork and poetry from patients that I have and they’ve given to me over the years, and the photographs of my children, my mother.
“It can be quite stressful, you know. You can have people shouting at you and it can be quite emotional at times. Sometimes I can just shut the door here, it’s a bit quiet for a while.”