Me and my girlfriend have been together for three years. We met in high school and started dating about right away. We're still together, but things have been really rocky. More like outside circumstances than anything. Now, all of those outside circumstances are finally settling down and I'm able to move in with her. However, I am so unprepared. I still live with my mother (like I said, lots of circumstances) and I've never lived on my own before. Honestly, I'm so afraid I'll end up hurting her some how. I have really bad anxiety and I hit her once a few weeks ago. It was the first time I ever hit her, it was completely on accident (I was really aggressive). She just doesn't know how to deal with my anxiety, so I've been bringing her in with me to counselor.

I love her so much, I just don't want to end up hurting her. However, on the other hand, a lot of people say that she does not respect me as much as she should, and I see that, as well; I just don't think she understands it when I explain it to her.

What do you guys think we should do?