I have a ton of trouble when it comes to filling out forms; you’re not alone at all. I think it’s an aspie thing. We just over process every little thing and it makes our minds run around in circles, never reaching the end. I too feel very inferior when, for example, I go to a doctor’s office and see kids filling out a form that totally goes over my head. Here is what I do: My father is a business man, who has tons of experience filling out all kinds of forms. First, I read all the questions and make note of which ones confuse me. Then, I call up my father and ask him about each of them. He explains them to me, I fill in the answers, and that is that. You could try calling your father. I’m pretty sure that a job like his requires a lot of form filling out, and I assume that, being away from them, they’ve gotten you a cellular phone of your own to use. If not, I would think that all places that require forms have some sort of phone to use. If your father is out of the question for any reason, usually the workers on duty at whatever place you are at are more than happy to explain things, provided you aren’t too shy to ask them.
I’ve tried out filling out over a hundred forms in my life. They just don’t seem to get any easier. We just can’t help but analyze things to death. For example, if you got a question asking where you live, you’d wonder if they meant your dorm or where your home is, right? Unless questions are extremely specific, we just come up with so many possibilities. Or, the question can be so specific that we find it confusing (like trying to understand the Envenom Rogue ability from World of Warcraft, heh heh). So don’t feel badly. This difficulty you’re having is not your fault. Staring at the paperwork, trying to figure it all out can give you a headache, believe me. So my best and only advice is to call or ask someone nearby what things mean. It may feel embarrassing, but just try thinking of this difficulty as a minor drawback to being gifted. That’s what I do, and it gives me the strength to ask questions over and over.
