OCDtribe is an online forum dedicated to help those battling OCD. The idea is to create a community so that people can share their experiences and anxieties with a group of people who understand.

The forum functions like any other social networking website where people can make their own personalised profile -- add photos, videos, add their own friends, post on their profiles or send a private message. It also offers various avenues to people to express themselves, such as blogs and groups.

Those visiting the website have the facility to create a full profile by signing up or they can browse and post comments without signing up. The numbers of things available to one as a non-member are limited.

The blogs are predominantly about people sharing their own problems or experience with OCD. The comments and blogs on the website present the idea that at times it is difficult for people with OCD to share their problems with their friends, family or others since they are hard to understand. Often, the feedback they get from them reinforces negative thoughts. The OCD tribe in such circumstances aims to and, to a large extent, succeeds in creating a community that can help provide a better listening ear or venting ground to those battling the disorder. Topics range from which medicines to take to small accomplishments that people have made like going on a successful date.

The groups, meanwhile, stray away from the basic cause. They provide various topics to discuss, such as arts, photography, sports, writing, etc. These are important as well since it makes the website into a community, which is more than the core issue it discusses. This can also help send a positive message to those struggling with OCD, that they are more than their disorders.

The group also offers links to various other resources that might help people with OCD. There is a link to a therapist’s blog that members can visit or the number of various crisis help lines. Since the website is located in the US, it also helps finds therapists for OCD in different US cities.

These though are not the main features of the website. The main feature is to present OCD to those struggling with it as something more manageable by introducing them to others like them and their success stories. The same group also has such communities for depression, anxiety, aids, and addiction. All of these can be accessed from the OCDtribe.