I had that exact same feeling visiting the village where my wife is from in the mountains around Karpenisi, Greece. I couldn’t stop looking up and at times I felt this oppressive and menacing sense of claustrophobia (which I don’t usually suffer from). Am now more used to it but I wouldn’t want to live there. Born in Australia near the coast I’m definitely a beach guy and like others have mentioned I am very happy to see the sun on the horizon.