I am 49 years old and just found out i was dyslexic. In my entire time at school and university back home, no one even questioned me why my reading it is so bad while I was one of the best in all other subjects. It made me sad that even i was good at many other things including sport and language, i always pushed myself too hard to keep up completing tests and as a result use to get severe headaches even today.
I wanted to hide in class from year two and upwards to avoid having to read as i felt ashamed and jealous not been able to read like most other children.
But i was pushing so hard on other subjects and managed to learn seven different languages from very young age to try and be proud of something, but i always felt there was something wrong . Now i know i can live with and probably feeling happier about myself to have achieved in very difficult circumstances.