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Sounds like you’re waking up after your 2 primary sleep cycles, which is pretty normal. Those first two cycles are the most important and it’s not as easy to go back to sleep for the third cycle, so if anything you’re probably just too attached to going back to sleep.
The problem right now is likely that falling back to sleep is important to you, and I’m not sure what technique you’re using to make it happen but it’s likely sabotaged by that.
I’d recommend having a routine you can do at 4am that will add to your life and make you excited to be awake at that time. That way, if you don’t fall back to sleep in 30 minutes, it’s no big deal, which will make getting back to sleep less important, and that should allow any techniques your using to work better. During those 30 minutes, the technique I used to use was listening to interviews or documentaries to keep my mind off falling back asleep (since, if you try to fall asleep, it won’t happen. If anything it’s better to try forcing yourself to stay awake.)
