26-Year-Old Weighs More Than What The Scales Can Handle | My 600LB Life

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26-year-old Sean arrives at Doctor Now's clinic for weight, but the initial weight scale can only reach 800lb, which could not read Sean's actual weight.
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From Season 4 Episode 12
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[@mariellarojas8562]

Sometimes i think Dr. NOW is depressed and doesnt take the necesary measures to act. It was clear this guy had to be hospitalized from day 1 and the mom needed to go to a psychiatrist to get help.

[@jkmotorcyclegloryroads532]

Dr N CANNOT solve the mind if these people. Until THEY want to do it, he can’t hold their hand to do it. They have to want to do it more than he does.

[@watchdogsthebeast3540]

Doctor need to hire David goggins

[@sscot720]

So whatever happened to Sean, it doesn't tell us

[@DanielBMaximoff]

@@mariellarojas8562 The Doctor is nobody's babysitter. People have to do their part and take responsibility.

[@louiseedwards29]

How can you let your own child get too 900 lbs and then complain you don't want him on a low-calorie diet. Absolutely unbelievable and tragic.

[@getin3949]

Ya know, whever I make a comment similar to yours I too get very few people to agree with me. That's because the world is getting SO soft. People are getting so weak and whiny, touchy-feely and don't want to face reality. The reality to this story is Sean's Mom KILLED her own son. You hit the nail right on the head Louise.

[@eileensnow6153]

“If he’s hungry…” Let me stop you right there. He’s not hungry, he’s depressed. He’s eating to satisfy an emotional need, not a physical one, and nobody looking at him would rationally think that he’s being deprived of food unnecessarily. Something tells me she needs just as much therapy as he does.

[@JoeyCentral]

What's tragic is that this thing is alive and stealing resources.

[@amayjoiner2151]

He's a grown man not a child

[@lynerochon6422]

He's an adult, not a child.

[@racheljay454]

He thinks 800 cal diet is extreme...you know what's extreme? Weighing 900 pounds.

[@TechGirl84]

That’s exactly what I was thinking!

[@andiebrit65]

Death is also extreme!

[@juansanchez209]

To be fair, 800 calories IS a bit extreme in a vacuum. I'm 5'8 and weigh 112 pounds and even I eat WAY more than 800 calories a day (I eat about 1600 calories a day). Here's the thing though: Sean's situation is extreme! He's so large that he's obviously not going to starve to death by going on this kind of diet

[@sprungson]

​@@juansanchez209Dr now logic is that he has fat reserve that his body can tap into. He wouldn't die, because his body has enough fat storage for years to covert to energy

[@Sasha-vr8wm]

I said that same thing while watching! "Well your weight is extreme bud" 😂 wth did he think

[@thischarmingman2990]

She said he’s eating good healthy food. She fed him cheeseburgers and fries. The mind boggles

[@Anna_Dawson]

Look at her… she herself doesn’t understand diet or nutrition, so how can she possibly make good choices for another person?

[@Tgogators]

She doesn't want him to get well, and she's programmed his mind enough to where he truly doesn't want to either. She always wants him to be there and to control him.

[@user-mk5rs2kc8c]

Cheeseburgers and fries are plenty healthy, but not when you eat 15,000 cal worth of them a day

[@Tgogators]

@@user-mk5rs2kc8c the fast food hack. Just get the hamburger (etc). Like you said, if one just ate a Big Mac, fries, and very light snacks daily (co-current with good exercise) they’ll likely lose weight. For the typical thin person who gained weight (like me once) it’s more due to overeating.

[@user-mk5rs2kc8c]

@@Tgogators Also, it is good to get an unsweet tea instead of a soda.

[@davidstraughn6243]

Mom should be arrested for child endangerment.

[@austinhernandez2716]

They're both gone now

[@luigiangelourquico3745]

Can't arrest someone who's dead

[@Padie_Mataranyika]

That’s not a child. That’s a grown man

[@RawwRex]

Yes the mom may have been an enabler but its no one else’s fault but your own if you weight 900 freaking pounds wake up people. Sean did this to himself not the mom

[@spookrockcity]

@@RawwRex His mom killed him. Dude had one parent in this world and he got stuck with a woman who basically forced fed him until he died. Yes, he kept eating, but his mom created and maintained the environment for him to die.

[@Cherub1387]

There's something very wrong about a 26 year old man lying around naked at his momma's house, and defecating on himself in public. No matter how big or immobile he is. The mom definitely enabled this.

[@tameerobeson8038]

Totally agree! That was definitely disturbing!

[@metalmamasue3680]

I can't even fathom it and where I come from, we feed peopIe as a way to show love, like c'mon over for a good home cooked meal. But not Iike that, we are normaI, average sized peopIe who eat to Iive, not Iive to eat. I have 2 sons of normal weight, Idk how anyone could possibly think that's Iove to feed your son to an early grave. I think he was doomed from the get go with her as a mother. I hope he is at peace now.

[@perrycoffey5410]

​@@metalmamasue3680yea I'm 5'9 at 114 hopefully I can fix this issue

[@Jules279]

He was likely special needs

[@GoodFella-wi7gw]

They are both dead!

[@decimusvitae]

Dr. Now doesn't beat around the bush. I love that about him. "She's been feeding him and keeping him to herself since childhood. She doesn't want him to leave." *Nailed it!*

[@lynnbrockel2885]

this one makes mes so angery you here of mothers doing this but seeing such a result of his moms car is mind blowing

[@TheBlockerNator]

Mine did the same thing to me, any attempt at socializing or dating were made hell for me.

[@mrs.h2725]

I think it should be considered a form of Munchausen’s for parents to keep their minor child morbidly obese. The parents should be charged with abuse and the child removed from their care and placed in a safe home with sane ppl who are capable of raising a child in a healthy environment.

[@khususgabut5727]

sounds like my mom. but after im showing her a research of obesity shes support my decision for losing weight and im on a shape now

[@ariannashrum9068]

Yep! This is exactly what is going on

[@toogee1850]

Dude is over 900lbs and pooping himself in public but still eating horribly and mom condones it. Do these people have no shame at all? Honestly insanely ridiculous

[@SillyShangTsung]

Well they are both dead now so

[@kaspervestergaard2383]

@@SillyShangTsung Wait actually or just joking?

[@Ch4rlz_ThA_Princ3]

​@@kaspervestergaard2383 actually

[@AnaLucia-wy2ii]

@@kaspervestergaard2383No, it’s not a joke. They both died. I found it hard to feel compassion for either of them. They were both terrible people.

[@kaspervestergaard2383]

@@AnaLucia-wy2ii Damn. Probably for the best tho.

[@thomas77597]

Dude shat himself and checked with his hands like a 2 year old.

[@user-ju7de7zg3q]

Yep... He pooed a little 😢

[@Gonken88]

When you need a compass and map to find your own ass, it's probably necessary to do a checkie/smellie. I mean my ass is a defined part of my body, and I always know where it is, while in his case it's just a little hole in the middle of an ocean of skin and fat he can't reach. He's just all "body".

[@JaneDoe-ls6dg]

His ass is somewhere south of his back area and north of what used to be his legs. Of course he has to check.

[@flensburgerpilzproductions3141]

Mom - Bathroom! Bathroom! Thats a big boy, isn´t he? :D

[@xinyifailed]

no literally 😭😭 acting like a toddler

[@obrien6320]

In England a mother was jailed when it was found out her 16yr old daughter was 600 lbs. Complete child abuse.

[@boredomania9245]

Wow! Loss for words

[@dominicparr1420]

That's five times my weight

[@staceymarie6895]

Great! The problem here is poor get food stamps and are obese as hell then have poor health in turn cost the tax payers in higher medical insurance

[@staceymarie6895]

Dredges on society

[@Kfo221]

​@@sicooper4230 Shes probably a christian too

[@ssuz3832]

His Mother did this to him. She taught him no social skills she kept him trapped in a bed so she would not be alone. You can tell that his behavior is childlike . This is one of the saddest stories

[@Wildflower5258_]

My heart breaks for Sean. R.I.P. Sean.

[@stuff1784]

Absolutely DISGUSTING!!!

[@stuff1784]

This is what Eugenia Cooney’s mother is doing to her, except she’s enabling her eating disorder.

[@SonaDubna]

This...was a hell.. Horror...this mother was total DEBIL, shithole.

[@ohdear_marty7672]

@@stuff1784 honestly, i sometimes think these parents have life insurance for their kids and are just waiting til they die bc i cannot think abt how long this had to go on without someone to at least ask questions

[@crappyaccount]

For those curious what happened after: apparently sean milliken lost over 400 pounds, but died in 2019 at the age of 29. the previous summer, the mother also passed away.

[@dumplingdisaster9860]

I hate to seem like an a-hole, but it was probably for the best. The poor guy didn’t stand a chance

[@splitzyprime419]

There's always a chance.

[@dhatchick22196]

@@dumplingdisaster9860he literally lost half of what he weighed but there was no chance? Smh

[@domjonasxo7641]

@@dhatchick22196dude still weighed 500+lbs and had an extra 400lbs on his limbs all those years so they were already weakened.

[@Shtfstrategist]

That's really sad.

[@olatunjimusa2981]

His mom should be arrested and taught a lesson for ruining her child’s life.

[@user-ci2xg7rq5y]

She's dead. So is he.

[@olatunjimusa2981]

@@user-ci2xg7rq5yOmg. Are you shitting me bro?

[@citomakaveezly]

4:57 & 6:01 yikes. The Mom is the most in-denial enabler I’ve ever seen on here… it’s his fault too because he’s an adult, but still.

[@goldstarchoice]

I didn't even realize it was possible for someone to weigh that much. His heart been working overtime for a long time.

[@slegere]

he sadly passed in 2019 from an infection :/

[@gabrielc4136]

​@@slegereif not for that, he would've passed from a stroke or something else not long after. It's crazy how he got to such weight

[@TheMiraclebaby93]

It's possible, and very sad

[@smokythecameraman]

Same, at 5'6 my heart couldn't handle my then 200 pound frame... when tour body makes you lose weight and you change nothing it couldn't handle what you were carrying - I have no idea how you get to 919

[@whiteyfisk9769]

​@@slegeresadly??? Lol idk about that

[@Unknown2Yoo]

Shout out to those workers lifting him in and out of those transports. They're the real MVPs.

[@lizmowrey9866]

Gotta be strong!

[@messyfilms6325]

Half of them died from hernias

[@fearthesting66]

As well as the one pushing the chair because he had to look at the ass when Sean got up to be weighed

[@gary1213]

@@fearthesting66 i wouldve been tryna lick 😜

[@DaisyMaeMoses]

Ironic. Sean weighed as much as all the medics transporting him combined.

[@henriksvensson126]

The mother: "Aww my poor sick 900 baby is in agony!" Buys him a giant family size pizza.

[@iamthestig1]

He must be on that diet. He's only down to one family size pizza. I can just about manage a medium.

[@Handymanphilly]

He has almost 2.5 Million calories stored in his body and his mother was uncomfortable with an 800 calories a day diet?

[@FullMetalJesus84]

One of the saddest episodes. The man lived till he was 29, yet he never lived a day of his life.

[@24k_Dominick]

He died?

[@FullMetalJesus84]

@@24k_Dominick Yeah, quite a while back.

[@24k_Dominick]

@@FullMetalJesus84 oh alr thank you!

[@TinaB111]

About 4 or 5 years ago​@@24k_Dominick

[@user-cu9jk5rq8g]

Omg he died wow gosh man

[@ShellyBellyBeans]

"if he's hungry, he needs something to eat!" No, no he really doesn't.

[@Jules279]

That's the last thing he needed. It's like saying a drug addict needs cocaine if they want it.

[@SeFu2006]

Honestly it’s despicable, it’s hard to empathize the fatter he gets

[@logann7942]

He has a second ass growing off his ass.

[@Jfdwjknufdgf458]

Of course he needed food. Can’t just starve them either. He just didn’t need that specific food

[@Dandodod1]

@@Jfdwjknufdgf458he didn’t need much food. He could have survived on 800 calories for over a decade.

[@LuismedinaDJ]

“You maybe the heaviest person alive right now” Dr now is a savage!

[@Alltagundso]

Hr needed to tell the truth in this situation.

[@purple4156]

He wasn’t lying though

[@sunnie734]

He wasn't being savage. He was just saying it how it was.

[@ricarleite]

Well Dr Now is alive and that blob of excuses and 2DS is dead.

[@sallyhamimed7712]

His honesty is what these people need to hear. Dr. NOW Rocks. 😊 he is not there to baby these people

[@AsinaKk]

I searched and found out that he went up to 1003lb but till 2019 he lost over 400lb. Then he died due to an infection at the age if 29

[@ricarleite]

Yes. Nature took care of that thing. They had to saw it off in three parts to shove it in a casket made for humans. Now it's buried.

[@meganr9280]

@@ricarleitehave some respect and compassion. It’s not his fault the mother didn’t raise him to be a man. She raised him to be her companion and she made sure he could never leave.

[@estefanymurillo22]

Oh...sad to read that. Not surprised tho 😢

[@stephanieaya3992]

That “mother” straight up lied to Dr. Now , multiple times, and he saw right through it. She fed him to death.

[@brennathecatlover4360]

Yea he was doing great when his mom wasn’t there but his mom controls and manipulates her son to want to be dependent on her and that’s sick. Idk why they didn’t keep her away maybe they legally can’t

[@jakemoeller7850]

Her boy was hungry.

[@Jules279]

​@@jakemoeller7850(Addicted)

[@lol-gj9kb]

@@jakemoeller7850 so?

[@rauntche]

​@@brennathecatlover4360More common than you think. It's sick how parents, especially mothers, like that genuinely think they are doing something great. Family sometimes can be a curse.

[@chantaefigures5379]

I'm in disbelief. This grown man used his fingers to check himself and then told his mom that he had an accident. Then she wiped him as if he were a toddler.

[@mcw-lg2dm]

Right, it's sad but at the same time it's entitlement, enabling, over privilege, and lack of self control to the maximum.

[@darlenelang3681]

I am totally repulsed. This is not a healthy relationship. He acts like he is 2 yrs old. If mommy keeps him fat then he will never leave her. I really think that is what she wants.

[@stuff1784]

I do not understand this!!! Is the mom a co-dependent who never wants her son to grow up?? That is the most selfish thing EVER!

[@Akotski-ys9rr]

Imagine how he smells constantly

[@mikeparker1161]

They both passed away Sad.

[@kylehart883]

“It feels unfair right now being away from my home and my bed, it feels excessive” homie really hasn’t been outside, almost like… at all.

[@mariearmstrong9185]

His Mother is 100 Percent to BLAME the condition of her son.

[@donaldellis-wt6xl]

Sean was toe tagged from the day he was born. His mother literally loved him to death. Felt so bad from him.

[@getin3949]

Did your mom force feed you? No she didn't, because you wouldn't have eaten more than you needed in the first place. This mother and her kid had some serious mental issues going on because this doesn't happen in a normal home.

[@donaldellis-wt6xl]

@@getin3949 I think Sean was socially retarded and his mother made sure he stayed that way. Unlike Stephen Assanti I had real real sympathy for Sean

[@personalchefservicesofsues4362]

You are exactly right. His Mother "Loved him to Death".

[@user-mu2mp8ll6c]

Fed him to death

[@CROWFACED]

Yeah, she did force him. She’s been over feeding him since he was an infant, and conditioned him to become an addict before he even started school. I doubt if a mum gave her child drugs each day, that you’d be saying “nobody forced him” if he was a cocaine addict as an adult

[@christinebutler7630]

"We didn't feel comfortable putting him on that low calorie a diet"....lady where did you get your medical degree? Your comfort got him in this mess. You go all the way to Houston to consult a nationally known expert, then you say you know better than he does?

[@getin3949]

Another commenter after my own heart. Thank you for your honest and intelligent comment.

[@zane8789]

Yeah and now the son is deceased. :|

[@user-mu2mp8ll6c]

Bingo

[@tabbyreed8925]

800 calories is ridiculous though. If he was eating 30,000 calories a day like they said, he could go down to 20,00 and lose weight. As time goes on he should lessen it even more and eventually get to the standard 2,000 a day but asking someone to go from 30,000 down to 800 the next day is going to lead to failure and it did, he's dead now.

[@rakialogan3372]

​@@tabbyreed8925it would have let him take accountability for his actions

[@J4MESOX4D]

Sean passed away in 2019 shortly after his mother. He did lose significant weight sporadically and up to 500lbs but he had a heart attack. Ironically the rapid weight loss and gains likely played a huge role.

[@M_Phil]

I wondered what the rest of his story was. So sad.

[@PrejudicePotatoe]

I heard it was an infection not a heart attack.

[@citomakaveezly]

@@PrejudicePotatoe excellent profile pic. But bruh, heard? You’re like me, you read it on another comment! Hahah jk.

[@ajspice]

This dude's heart doesn't beat. It cries.

[@paigeaustin7107]

This was the saddest episode of my 600lb life. He had no life. His food addiction was real. His mom was sick in the head. A leg injury at 16 kept him in bed for over a decade and everyone in his life thought it was ok? This episode made me cry. R.i.p. Sean❤

[@donaldellis-wt6xl]

Yes this was the saddest episode I saw on that show as well. He never even had the chance to experience anything life had to offer. And then when when his mother suddenly died he was expected to be normal, when the only example he had to go by was an absent father and a messed up mother who never had his best interests at heart

[@jasonexploring]

Crazy, some don't have legs and get around. His mother, family were idiots

[@booyah7415]

It looks like he had eczema too

[@paigeaustin7107]

@@booyah7415 cellulitis I think

[@whiteyfisk9769]

Is that Tammy in your profile picture?

[@Brey]

For those wondering, Sean and his mother Renee have both passed. Renee died in 2017 from kidney failure. It apparently has made Sean go back to his old habits despite losing 400lbs. Sean died in 2019 from an infection at only 29 years old.

[@sameppink9401]

How do you know he went back to his old habits?

[@corifrankyt8852]

@@sameppink9401Depression

[@RicheeBee-nn8mn]

@@sameppink9401umm because he gained weight

[@sameppink9401]

@@RicheeBee-nn8mn no, he lost 400lbs then died.

[@challenger516]

@@sameppink9401 because he gained weight back and died, you donut.

[@charlieterry6483]

guys heart is like trying to pull a semi-truck using a lawnmower engine

[@rosemarybowser5543]

They don't FEEL COMFORTABLE putting him on 800 calorie diet?! What, they think he's gonna starve??

[@loribiancone5391]

Shes the prime example of munchausen syndrome. After her husband left her she treated her son like an emotional support animal. At one point he weighed over 1,000lbs and she was arguing the diet wasn't fair. After she died in the "where are they now episode " he was just completely lost and gave up.

[@razputen76]

Munchausen by Proxy

[@sontalgic2603]

wait she died?

[@loribiancone5391]

@sontalgic2603 yes in the Where are threy now episode you find she had passed .

[@a9laope]

@@loribiancone5391where can i find the episode

[@crustesean234]

What about him, did he die as well?

[@sangsterxx1897]

Unfortunately Sean passed away in 2019 due to an infection but had lost over 400 lbs. RIP 💛🕊️

[@billygamer0539]

Yea, but he gained all his weight back again. He was 489 but then in 2 months he was up to 766. That's 277 pound weight gain in just 2 months. 2 weeks later, he passed away. He was really depressed after his mother passed away. He kept regaining any weight Dr Now helped him lose

[@Cjjjj902]

@@billygamer0539 I didn't know it was possible to gain nearly 300 pounds in only two months. Yikes Yikes Yikes!

[@yelanchiba8818]

​@@Cjjjj902300lbs were like 2 people Imagine carrying the weight of more than two people in your body May their souls rest in peace

[@ashiecloud]

@@yelanchiba8818 and in this video he was carrying 7 of me (30yr old female). 7 people worth :o

[@piyushdeshpande7623]

Source?

[@karterwilson7094]

Dr.Now has absolutely no reason at all to care whether someone lives or dies, but he does. We need more people like him

[@Youstankfuyfuy]

Well he does since he is a doctor btw

[@dagrothus131]

@@Youstankfuyfuy well he does since he's a human being btw

[@purple4156]

⁠@@dagrothus131 humans by nature aren’t required to be empathetic in this sense. Nor is a doctor because a doctor can just do their job without really caring about a persons life.

[@ricarleite]

He doesn't. He wants those things destroyed. He said so.

[@theintrovertedaspie9095]

​@@purple4156We are social animals. We're hardwired to empathize and care for others.

[@JROCK_89]

It’s absolutely not his fault. Mom is 100% to blame. I feel bad when I tell my kids to stop getting food from the refrigerator,but it’s for their own good

[@purple4156]

Part of this is his fault too because he could’ve chose to stop eating like this. he could’ve chosen to start a healthy lifestyle. He could’ve had the will to do it and gain complete control but he never did.

[@Kat.CVT1983]

I agree with @purple4156. He is a sentient being with the brain capacity to understand that being that obese is very dangerous, and that eating unhealthy foods absolutely non-stop leads to that kind of obesity. He is an adult. He could choose to say no at anytime, but instead he continues to eat himself to death! It would be different if he had a disease like Prader-Willi syndrome or Graves disease, but he doesn't. The blame falls on them both!

[@volylatimer]

Hes an adult it's just as much his fault as his mother's. This victim hood mentality doesn't help

[@MotherRat-ic6pd]

@@purple4156 It is hard to choose a different lifestyle if the easiest way out is the only thing you know. I agree that he’s in someway used to be capable to do this on his own but that capability is long gone. His mother trapped him and now she just keeps on feeding, feeding, feeding. He can not walk more than 10 minutes this man can not order fastfood on his own or open a lock. Mom lets him eat mom wants him to eat mom wants him to stay immobile and stay with her,mom does whatever he wants, mom and unhealthy food is the only safety he has ever known. I feel like at this point it is definitely not his fault anymore at least not a good 70% of it, he doesn’t have a functioning well adjust brain anymore he’s not developed.

[@sookiee609]

He could tell her “no mom, I am not eating a cheeseburger, I’m going to eat grilled chicken and stick to the 800 calorie diet.” He has control.

[@nothisispatrick9778]

Being that big at only 26 is astounding. It’s a shame he passed away so young too. His mother is to blame for his fate. He had his whole life ahead him.

[@allhaildrewcifer9541]

Being that big at any age is insane

[@mindys1198]

But he wasn't living he was only existing

[@jimmylittle9393]

Is it a shame though....what was his contribution to society? Being a welfare parasite? He's done the best thing he can do for the world...leave it 😂

[@timeprotector4320]

He did lose over 400 pounds !

[@pacemlesu3746]

At 26 he was responsible for his one life - let’s not blame the mom

[@MultiYUUHI]

This is the worst scenario where a parent with a developmental disorder is raising a child with a developmental disorder.

[@RB01.10]

Yeah she definitely wasn’t playing with a full deck. I wonder if she didn’t want him to lose weight and become independent? Like a Munchausen situation

[@shaunalan7542]

Lmao, "It just feels a bit excessive" is the most ironic statement ever ushered coming from this guy

[@MollyLucyMaryJ]

Imagine your doctor saying you might be the most extreme case on earth right now and be totally serious about it.

[@lust4lyfe101]

The fact that his mom allowed her son to get this far is insane to me. I don’t think the mom even cares for her son and just likes the control.

[@user-pn8dm1mn5v]

Exactly,his mom doesn’t seen care anything about him

[@shanebracken8358]

His mom was literally the stupidest enabler on the show

[@joedryer8663]

She also was afraid to be alone so kept him in that condition and I truly think she wanted him to stay super obese that way he wouldn't ever have a reason to leave.

[@elainazimmerman5105]

I'm not a psychologist, but after seeing this he developed Peter Pan syndrome, like even after his mother died he refused to take responsibility for his weight gain and he still couldn't take care of himself

[@JeanFoutre-yi5us]

​@@elainazimmerman5105it's not peter pan syndrome it's just a kid that never grew up, never had any experience to help him grew up and an abusive mother that kept him locked up, he's around my age but i don't see someone my age at all

[@MegaJacko4]

You can just hear the level of compassion and sadness in Dr Nows voice. Its so sad

[@mayjailerxx]

Dr Now is usually no nonsense, not as gentle as this. I think he handed Sean like porcelain bc he could see the sick and abusive relationship Sean and his mum had…it’s just so awful

[@welcometothesaltyspitoon]

@@mayjailerxx My heart is breaking for Sean. She doesn't deserve to be a mother.

[@NatalieMcCabe-wh6ni]

He knows the boy has no chance of survival.

[@we8608]

How could he not? He knows that the success rate is only 5% and this kid is only 26 years old. But even worse, he knows that the kid's mother is complicit in causing this illness, yet he can't call the cops on her. I can't imagine the hopelessness that he felt in this particular moment, but from his facial expression and tone, the compassion and empathy are infectious.

[@richardcarroll9864]

That's what I thought he detected. ​@@NatalieMcCabe-wh6ni

[@tiffbeevachou108]

Why do people bother seeing a doctor when they completely ignore their advice?

[@Outlaw-sf5kv]

That woman needs arrested for interfering with her son's medical treatments! Why is no one doing anything about her? She's killing her own child sick and horrible to watch!

[@torycatherine2044]

Treatment for something this bad should be dealt with the same way as rehab. In a facility away from home for at least a few months, full of doctors and therapists, a very strict schedule, and VERY minimal contact with family- particularly the ones who are known to bring them the food that's killing them. This is just so sad

[@DebbiePotter-xh7kv]

Not that I don’t agree but if worked at that facility and saw him come in I would walk out. I’m not hurting myself for that bs

[@deeprollingriver52]

That costs money. A lot of money. All of Sean’s money goes to stuffing him.

[@dianem7677]

...full of doctors and therapists? What for? One doctor and, perhaps... therapist ... one therapist. Doctor give a diet list and therapist says "stop eating". That is all...

[@whiteyfisk9769]

That wouldn't work, soon as they get out they would go right back to their old habits and resume their monstrous form. Thats why Dr Now makes them lose an initial amount of weight before getting the surgery. The early seasons he didnt do that and most relapsed. Its a complete waste of resources on people that wont utilize it

[@davidames1746]

so YOU pay for it!~

[@deidradahl2802]

My aunt was very overweight. The rest of the family had given up as they believed that she was taking over their lives. I dropped out of college for 2 years to help. Breakfast; one slice of bread, hot beverage of her choice, half of a fruit, greens and tomatoes, one boiled egg and lots of water. First morning she threw it on the floor, it stayed there until she could clean it up. Dinner; a small salad, stew chicken, vegetables, lots of water. Nightcap. A cup of coffee. I got a huge tub by her bed, and she had to wash herself as best as she could. We fashioned a pulley over her bed, so she could pull herself onto the '''potty chair'' It has a hole in the middle, she '''walked''' herself to the toilet, then positioned the chair over the toilet. She had to wipe her own behind as well. I wanted her to know, that she had to be on her way to independence. She wanted a dog, I told her that until she could walk a dog, she had to be satisfied with the cat. I would not be taking on that added duty; besides I was doing a couple courses on-line to keep up. She got the message real fast, that this was her last chance. She lost 320 pounds during and is still losing.

[@d.annejohnson5631]

WOW you arre a hero!

[@deidradahl2802]

@@d.annejohnson5631 Thank you

[@michaelharris8598]

That's what so many on this show need. Tough love.

[@ramonapaster6443]

Good for you.

[@MeaganSal96]

How does she scoop the litter box? Poor cat

[@Tree-House69]

"I did try to keep him to the doctors diet" no, she literally did not. That poor guy, she was a complete monster

[@belugasmith]

Mom is murdering him as surely as if she is putting a bullet in his brain.

[@katthefantastic]

She just said, "We weren't comfortable putting him on that few of calories." ARE YOU KIDDING ME!?!?! Thats pure denial right there folks!

[@Maerahn]

She never read the diet sheet Dr Now gave her, not for a second. And unfortunately, Sean did not have "only one burger a day" as an 'extra' on his 'diet' - if that really was the only 'indulgence' he was having, even on a daily basis, he would STILL have lost weight. Not as much, but definitely some - and he absolutely would NOT have GAINED weight.

[@lyndahylton819]

But she's comfortable with the excessive overfeeding?? Just seems crazy to let someone get like that.

[@katthefantastic]

@@lyndahylton819 right!?! Don't you see you're slowly k*****g him? It's weird.

[@graceskerp]

As if he's 'confortable' in that condition!?

[@katthefantastic]

@@graceskerp Right!?!

[@sallymccoy6286]

Both Sean and his mom passed away some years ago. 20-30,000 calories a day lead to his death. 919.lbs at 26 is a sure drain on his body.

[@estherokuidem1327]

They already passed?

[@HulklingsBoyfriend]

​@@estherokuidem1327a few. IIRC Sean died in 2019, and his mother like 2018.

[@estherokuidem1327]

@@HulklingsBoyfriend very sad.

[@SeFu2006]

@annatuti67I know lol

[@AbileneRN]

​. US the taxpayers are funding them.

[@aaronw4526]

I’m going to hell for this but I just pictured Dr Now saying “ok the scales says to get off” 😂😂

[@annepurcell4495]

The scale says “One at a time, please!”😆😂🤣

[@gamingman3575]

😂😂😂

[@ZaySorrells]

“You may be heaviest person alive right now, that’s no place to be” 😂🤦🏿‍♀️🫢 Dr.Now is going to tell the TRUTH babes 😂😂 that was too funny to me

[@sallyhamimed7712]

Nope not funny.😮 just a sad reality

[@LaRossaSelvaggia]

I feel bad for Sean. With a mother like that, he never had a chance. She reared him to be incapable of making the decisions necessary to save his own life.

[@jimmylittle9393]

Yeah... he's a grown ass man lol?

[@beverly342]

@@jimmylittle9393 he's a grown ass man who's immobile. he's at a weight that he can't exercise or his body will give out and die. he can only accept food until he loses enough weight. who has been his caregiver and has been supplying him food? his mother

[@perkapoo1]

she can nag all she wants, all he had to do was put the fork down and walk away........not hard.

[@kuckucks-ei]

@@perkapoo1How? He couldn‘t walk. His mother was making sure, that he never left her, like his father.

[@perkapoo1]

well gee let me think..... put the fork down before you lose your ability to walk. ya think?@@kuckucks-ei

[@Waya420]

Absolutely incredible that the human body can get up to 5-6 times its normal size.

[@ethiennedegagne8779]

it can, but not for long, hence why he died

[@dtyodeller]

Yeah but there’s only so much that the heart and other organs can take.

[@vlxxx]

1000 is 7.4 times my 135. I'm just pointing out how extreme it is. And incredible as you said

[@DaisyMaeMoses]

…and to think there is a normal size skeleton holding up all that blubber. His internal organs must be squished with the pressure of all that fat.

[@10191927]

Just barely

[@MrClingclong]

What was his mother thinking? It's unbelievable the extent of people's utter stupidity.

[@doointhedoo]

this poor poor young man. this is so tragic. breaks my heart.

[@zp7853]

Dr Phil always says a form of child abuse is a parent that does not teach a child basic life skills that teach them how to be a full functioning independent adult that can make their own decisions and take care of themselves. This is the worse form of overmothering that I have ever seen.

[@anyaw340]

I don't like Dr. Phil, but that's correct. The parent is actually more reliant on the child. The parent keeps the child at home and dependent on the parent by not teaching them life skills - just so that they have companionship. It's horrible. Eventually, the parent dies and leaves their child alone and in a world that their child has no clue how to navigate. Since they've been in the house most of their lives, they have no friends or support system. All they had was their mom. This episode makes me so sad. I can't even watch it again.

[@andrewiglinski148]

Lord as much as I hate to agree with anything Dr Phil ever said…

[@decimusvitae]

Even a broken clock is right twice a day.

[@_loss_]

Dr Phil isn't a licensed doctor

[@waxkopp]

Do not forget the infamous Steven "royal highness the blob" ASSanti.

[@Chettylover12]

This past week, I went from 392 to 387. I refuse to get to Seans point let alone get over 400 pounds. Wish me the best guys. Update 8/24/23: Went from 387 to 384 Update 9/8/23: On the 6th, I weigh 379. Thank you so much for the encouragement and cheering and advice. I absolutely appreciate it ❤❤❤ Update 11/16/23: I now weigh 368. 🎉🎉 Lost over 20 pounds!! Update: 2/15/24: Yesterday I lost a little over 30 pounds, weighed 358.6. Truth be told during the holidays it went up and down in the 360s, but I never gave up. Still got a long way to go. I eat only 2 meals a day, sometimes have a snack in the morning so I don't starve myself. I also go on my walks 3-5 days a week. (Unless it's really cold or bad weather.) I also limit bread and pasta (I don't usually eat much of them.) I drink water and carbonated water, a small soda once in a while (no diet crap.) Also went from a size 11 to a size 10 shoe.

[@leliablackwell5141]

Good luck!

[@rosiepayne7712]

You can do it!

[@oneseeker2]

Wishing won't help u at all. To do it, u have to do it! Good luck!

[@G0ddessKelly]

You got this!!❤❤❤

[@scorpionzi3428]

Keep it up, you’ll make it! Also walk as much as you can

[@cookingwithsoul1498]

Sad that he passed away 5 years ago he died 3 years after this aired his situation is the prime example of stop pacifying people's habits she never accepted he was a grown man with mental problems had she not kept treating him like her poor sweet baby and changed their environment and got him a therapist he would still be alive smh i read he died afer she did he just basically gave up which also shows that he was wayyy too attached to her the whole situation is just sad

[@astropgn]

"You might be the heaviest person alive now" is not something you hear every day.

[@MrJedroi258]

"800 kcal is a bit extreme" Says the guy who weights above scale limit

[@kaleighp7723]

They don’t feel comfortable with him being put on an 800 calorie a day diet but are fine with 10,000-20,000 calories a day?

[@kaleighp7723]

@@Balletified this is crazy. I just did the math, and to eat 15,000 calories a day would equal 50 cheeseburgers from McDonald’s (each being 300 calories) and the cost of that would be around $139. I don’t know how these people afford that

[@mrshadenoughofallthis911]

How could she do that to him? By the time he reached adulthood he was already imprisoned in his own body.

[@markbecker8661]

Please stop, I can't go any farther. Unless you're taking me to an all you can eat buffet? 😂

[@Zeepjeliefs]

Dr Now does not do people pleasing, he confront everyone in their best interest. I admire him for that, he genuinely cares about patients.

[@juansanchez209]

He’s a perfect example of tough love. He’s not outright mean, but he will give it you straight whether it sounds “nice” or not. He doesn’t tell you what you want to hear, he tells you what you NEED to hear.

[@maggiemacaskill1037]

I wish he would have called adult protective services here

[@fay-amieaspen6046]

If he truly cared why didn't he immediately admit Sean into hospital instead of sending him home for 2 months to gain more weight?? This is very dodgy to me. This is a open & shut case of adult neglect and abuse by his mother and yet he was allowed to go home with her ?

[@Zeepjeliefs]

@@fay-amieaspen6046 I'm not sure. It does raises questions. But I think Sean is an adult and they can not legally take those procedures? Not sure if Sean wanted to go to rehab himself. Dr Now sometimes says the hospital can't be a rehab center itselves. Any other way you put it, always has to do with finances. In the case of another patient James Dr Now called adult protective services because his wife kept feeding him secretly in the hospital. I remember there was not that much that could be done other than Dr Now filing a complaint.

[@ninofromkitchennightmares1497]

@@fay-amieaspen6046 because he's overweight and the hospital can't and won't do anything especially since his life isn't in any danger apart from being overweight

[@jossvillarreal5897]

seeing him cry while doing nothing is actually really heartbreaking . he was literally sitting not moving a single muscle and still is in pain do u know how unbearable that must be ?

[@whiteyfisk9769]

His threshold for pain is different than a normal persons. What he is calling pain is what you and I would describe as a minor ache or being slightly uncomfortable.

[@mattorama]

@@whiteyfisk9769Or, having 900 pounds of fat crushing your body actually is painful.

[@willcookmakeup]

Oh its absolutely horrible. The amount of pressure that's constantly on his body must be so painful. It's so sad it got to this point. This is way past the "normal" level of obesity. I honestly don't know how he survived as long as he did at this weight. Sad to hear he did pass, this was ultimately preventable

[@metalmamasue3680]

What is wrong with his mother ? My God peopIe, that is NOT Iove. It's chiId abuse at its worst. I have 2 sons and in no reaIity couId I possibIy feed them Iike that, into an earIy grave. ObviousIy she's compIicit in his death but l guess they are both gone now. No shock there. I'm sorry they are, but this was totaIIy preventabIe. We have a serious mentaI heaIth crisis in this country. This is awfuI and so senseIess. No he doesn't need something to eat every time he is bored. She's weak and enabled his death.

[@fluffylittlebear]

@@whiteyfisk9769 Nah. I'm 20-30lbs overweight and my back kills me. I can't imagine how shitty this guy feels.

[@adamhernandez7183]

At this point you have to blame the mom. You literally have to be shoving food down his throat every five minutes in order for him to maintain that level of weight! Its not physically possible otherwise.

[@ditherdather]

That's bonkers. He's knocking on death's door and thinks being hospitalized is extreme.

[@RB01.10]

He sadly did die in early 2019

[@bunbell5329]

How has he only been alive for 26 years and is almost 1000lbs I’m actually stunned

[@OffGridInvestor]

He's since died

[@icebergslim1872]

He actually gained up to 1,oo3lbs Dr. Now was right when he said it looked like he'd gained weight. 4 digits is crazy.

[@user-jq4im6rw5p]

His relationship with his mother reminds me of a how a toddler interacts with it's parents. And honestly, i think that's more on the mom than him.

[@ryugurena3327]

Yeah alot of these people have childish mentalities

[@englishlanguagedevelopment8816]

I read that both the patient and his mom died. She was such a helicopter mom that when she died, he died a short time later.

[@chayaadler6066]

Shaun is like a small child and his mother is a abuser . She’s literally abusing him with food

[@m.r.e.5731]

She never allowed him to individuate.

[@marilynvpryor4573]

This was amazing to me how he got to that size. Unbelievable that his mother couldn't understand or stop feeding him.

[@kdlofty]

It's called Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy.

[@spaceracer23]

If HeS hUngRy hE nEeDs To EaT ... 🤡

[@user-pn8dm1mn5v]

Because his mom use food to control his whole life

[@Jules279]

​@@spaceracer23(Son literally is a giant blob of fat with vaguely human limbs.) Mom "He NeEds FoOd" 😒😒

[@marcellofunhouse1234]

If he’s hungry…” Let me stop you right there. He’s not hungry, he’s depressed. He’s eating to satisfy an emotional need, not a physical one, and nobody looking at him would rationally think that he’s being deprived of food unnecessarily. Something tells me she needs just as much therapy as he does

[@Gonken88]

Why not bring him to the veterinarian and use a horse scale? Or one for automobiles at a shop?

[@Gonken88]

Can't imagine what it's like when your belly is like some kind of "area" you don't have full physical control over.

[@sheilawells732]

The mother is unbelievable! She’s the one giving him the food! 🤦🏽‍♀️

[@BrianTokyo]

"one fast food a day" isn't "a compromise", it's the problem, it's crazy to think in his situation that was ok, maybe once a month.

[@amirahclark4989]

Should’ve stopped fast food all together at that weight, he’s had enough fast food for a lifetime

[@Memoreism]

I eat 1 fast food meal and I'm full for an entire day.

[@Diolla_]

IF he had really eaten only one burger a day, he should still have lost a lot of weight. The denial is real.

[@we8608]

I wouldn't even say once a month of low-end franchise fast food is healthy for an adult that doesn't routinely work out. The calorie intake is too high.

[@we8608]

​@@MemoreismI eat one McDonald's meal, and I'm sick for the rest of the day.

[@JeepinBoon]

The fact that he's 919lbs and CAN stand up means he has more leg muscles than Stone Cold Steve Austin! That's like a 200lb man holding up 720lbs... Bruh

[@sagey84]

"This feels unfair right now." He said! Are you kidding!?

[@jmfia2391]

Sean's story was very sad. He had a mom whom he was very close to that enabled him, then she died. That was his only family , and after that he became really depressed and started losing will to live. Dr Now really stuck by him the entire time and did everything he could to undo all the self destructive behavior. He died, however. He really tried. 🙏🏽 RIP Sean.

[@diona.2076]

Bro.. he never tried. it was a mutual slow suicide. Guy was playing DS while being told he will die any day now. He got what he deserved.

[@jenniferburchill3658]

😓😓😓😓😓

[@rayrei8620]

His mother destroyed him. I feel so bad for him. Codependent people should not be raising kids, especially on their own.

[@laurakillah1]

may you rip young man.

[@kennethkobylakiewicz3157]

@@rayrei8620 gospel truth!!! I treat the damage on a daily basis with addicts.

[@lisamoul263]

Ultimately, Sean’s story was very sad. He was so utterly dependent on his mother that he really had no hope to begin with. Then when she passed away, he just gave up.

[@esrealwilleatit8574]

This guy ended up passing away at only 29 years old. Although Dr Now helped him lose about 400 lbs his Mom continued to encourage him to go against medical advice with his eating. He died weighing in at 1,003 lbs and is thought to be the heaviest man ever alive.

[@kevincassidy1983]

When you see him throwing a tantrum like that, you know he's never going to help himself

[@Propfaqs]

Slick mom. ‘I just don’t feel comfortable feeding him that amount of food.’ ‘I’m feeding him good, nutritious food. I mean like, what should he be eating?’ But it’s not easy to put one over on Dr. Now. He’s met this ‘type’ of mom before. She is a know-it-all.

[@kimbok5971]

She is an enabler. She knows damned well what she should've been feeding him but chose not to.

[@finster1968]

I know he’s gone now (RIP), but I’m astonished that he was over 900 lbs and could still take a few steps.

[@veroortega2479]

Mental disorders are so complex and more common you could ever imagine.

[@lkki_]

When he said to CUT DOWN to one fast food meal per day, my jaw dropped. And his mom saying that if he’s hungry he needs to eat, there’s different types of hunger and his hunger is not physical or for survival. His mom was clearly not feeding up “nutritious” food for the diet. If they were given a proper diet plan and menu (which is most likely) it’s honestly on them if they choose to not follow it in the slightest. I don’t want to be rude by saying all this but this is tragic. I read that he died, it’s really a shame. RIP.

[@noorrougelewis6704]

I like to eat what I want and feel full too, but good God....

[@theintrovertedaspie9095]

​@@noorrougelewis6704I guess theres 2 types of hunger---physical and emotional. Physical= stomach growling, feeling weak, and feeling annoyed or moody. Emotional=mouth watering, gravy something to munch on.

[@michaelgillis9420]

‘I’m trying to keep it down to one fast food meal a day’ - Yikes - this guy has a death wish.

[@amirahclark4989]

He got it unfortunately

[@RobTheProspect]

He said "I had an accident." Bruh, there are no more accidents at this point. Gotta admit that shitting on yourself is just what you do now.

[@thankyouforbeingafriend9632]

You don't have to sound so rude

[@RobTheProspect]

@@thankyouforbeingafriend9632 😂

[@russianmaniac3125]

@@thankyouforbeingafriend9632cry about it

[@hennybbl]

Ayo ur not rude ur funny asf 😂

[@purple4156]

@@thankyouforbeingafriend9632 it’s not rude at all. At some point you just have to be 100% real and give the truth.

[@watchdealer11]

I have been watching this show for years. This was one of the hardest cases I've ever seen!

[@jmfia2391]

Honestly, I really felt bad for him. His mom passed, then he just gave up on life because he had no one to support him.🤦🏽‍♂

[@sharonbyrd8625]

Yep. And it's taken years to control my eating habits. I'm fat/obese and I know whassup now thanks to Dr Now!

[@watchdealer11]

​@@sharonbyrd8625damn good luck.

[@aakashjacob5767]

​@@jmfia2391😅

[@kimf442]

@@jmfia2391sadness indeed 😔

[@l.a.410]

26 years old? He’s got he’s whole life ahead of him. What a shame…

[@estebreu08]

Not anymore sadly

[@RandomGuyOnYoutube601]

You spelled behind wrong.

[@patch8880]

​@@RandomGuyOnKZbin601*_OOF_* 💀

[@josetteandres]

Dude weighs over 4x as much as I do in this video (I'm about 225 lbs). I'm greatful that I can work, bathe myself, do chores, wipe my own ass, get dressed on my own, walk for miles without anything but the clothes on my back and a pair of shoes, be on my feet for hours, dance, and do normal everyday things without help.

[@icebergslim1872]

Dr was right when he said it looked like he'd gained 5o to 1oolbs. He actually weighed 1,oo3lbs they just didn't show that part on here. That is so insane to me. 4 digit weight. Incredible.

[@puttingwarheadsonforeheads9872]

Damn if he’s 919 lbs at 26 then he was averaging 35.2 lbs of weight gain per year since birth. That’s unbelievable. I’m surprised he didn’t die before 20 years old.

[@melissaharris3890]

probably because it wasn't linear. he did not weight 200 pounds in kndergarden

[@Aaron_Hanson]

@@melissaharris3890bruh, you sure? Did you watch the same show I just did?

[@kkdd6413]

"It's ok to enjoy food just a little" Thats the biggest little I have ever seen 😂

[@TaKeshiXXVI]

Little Big

[@Jules279]

"Little" to him must've been half a buffet.

[@theintrovertedaspie9095]

​@@Jules279"Little" is code for "lot".

[@franksoul]

Both him and his mother passed away. What an incredible sad story.

[@saltedbleach4512]

Bro hitting max level on a scale is crazy 🤣

[@ZaySorrells]

I swear I didn’t think it was possible😂😂 bro got moved to the damn bed🤦🏿‍♀️😭

[@justinratcliffe947]

LMAO 🤣. I know this isn't a laughing matter but at 2:38 it looked almost like the scale said "oh crap"

[@Erroryn404]

I only noticed this now and I've seen this video a few times

[@ZaySorrells]

😂😂😂😂I just paused it to see it…

[@hashtastic3537]

Ikr? I dont feel sorry for ppl like this... I do feel bad for that poor scale tho

[@usisiejdejwshdhwj]

it said cap

[@CraftHarlot]

So sad. He thinks being admitted to the hospital is excessive. The denial is incredible.

[@elizabethbest6992]

That comment blew me away. You're the size of 6 grown men and you think being hospitalized is excessive?

[@brennathecatlover4360]

@@elizabethbest6992his mom definitely fed that to him let’s be real she just wanted to control him