Gwen Stefani, 51, reveals she has struggled with dyslexia her whole life

Gwen Stefani has stated that songwriting helped “unlock” her creativity after years of struggling with dyslexia.

The No Doubt star didn’t discover she had learning disabilities – which cause difficulties with reading, writing and spelling – until she became a mother, but realized it explained so much of her early years, and she now understands how song writing has greatly benefited her. helped .

Speaking at New York Women in Communications’ 52nd Annual Matrix Awards, where she was honored for her career achievements Wednesday night, Gwen told the audience: “I am who I am.”

She added: “The moment I wrote my first song, I had no idea I could do that. It just happened – it triggered something in me.’

The 51-year-old singer went on to joke about how her spelling problems affect her 2004 hit, Hollaback Girl, laughing: “[I] taught the whole world how to spell bananas.’

Gwen previously opened up about her dyslexia in an interview with Zane Lowe on Apple Music for his ‘At Home With’ series, admitting she was unaware of her condition until her sons Kingston, 14, Zuma, 12, and Apollo, six, from her marriage to ex-husband Gavin Rossdale, has struggled with reading.

She explained: ‘One thing I’ve discovered from having kids is that I have dyslexia – everyone has things that happen and mine was that.

“And I feel like a lot of the problems I’ve had or even decisions I’ve made for myself stem from that, because now the kids — it’s all genetic, of course — have some of those problems.”

However, Gwen insisted that her boys get the right support in their education, adding: ‘Now they get all these benefits.

“They have these incredible teachers and schools and they have nothing to be ashamed of. They understand that their brain functions in a different way. All our brains do that, you know what I mean?’