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

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Gwen Stefani has declared songwriting helped 'unlock' her creativity after years of struggling with dyslexia.The No Doubt star didn't discover she had the learning difficulty - which causes problems 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 writing songs helped her enormously.Speaking at the New York Women in Communications' 52nd Annual Matrix Awards where she was honored for career achievements on Wednesday night  Gwen told the audience: 'Being dyslexic definitely has had challenges for me in my life and I will say the dyslexic advantage has probably made me who I am.' She has had set backs: Gwen Stefani has declared songwriting helped 'unlock' her creativity after years of struggling with dyslexia.

Seen on Wednesday at the Matrix Awards in NYC Music helped: She added, 'The moment I wrote my first song - I had no idea that I could do that.

It just happened - it unlocked something inside me.' Seen in 2000 She added, 'The moment I wrote my first song - I had no idea that I could do that.

It just happened - it unlocked something inside me.' The 51-year-old singer went on to joke how her difficulties with spelling influence her 2004 hit single Hollaback Girl, laughing: '[I] went on to teach 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 wasn't aware of her condition until her sons Kingston, 14, Zuma, 12, and Apollo, six, from her marriage to ex-husband Gavin Rossdale began to have trouble reading.