To not meet this person again

[JesusSufferingFuck22]

I recently met someone irl from a zoom class. Think book club with a mental health slant or similar.
They had a tendency to hog a lot of the time in zoom. They were magnified irl.
It was a very intense meeting. They spoke about themselves constantly and interrupted me all the time. They emailed me before class this week and want to meet again. We both have disabilities. Chronic fatigue is one of my symptoms.
We had our zoom class again and I was not tolerating their hogging of the time AT ALL! I was polite and avoided any negative facial comments but I just don't have the mental or physical energy to deal with this.
AIBU to let them down gently or just ghost them. I know their mental health may contribute to how the act but should I tolerate it or just move on because it's have negative effect on my own MH?

Life is way too short to meet up with people who have a negative impact on you OP. I wouldn’t ghost them, can you say something like ‘Sorry but I’ve just got too much going on to meet up right now, I wish you all the best’? Honestly don’t take their issues on as well as your own, you need to be protective of who you give your precious time to, and people you barely know who already make you feel like this- it’s a non starter.

Dont tolerate something with a negative impact on your mental health!

Do not spend your time or energy with people who make you unhappy or uncomfortable. Do what you need to do to stay away from them.

Could you say that you found the meeting irl too tiring so won't be able to to do it again? That would seem like a good middle ground - you don't have to meet them, but you haven't ignored them.

Avoid f2f meeting and if on zoom turn your camera off? You could also turn off their incoming video. Are there others in the meeting or just the 2 of you,,? Sounds exhausting maybe speak to organiser?

Just say you're not well enough at the moment.

@SnowyPetals

Could you say that you found the meeting irl too tiring so won't be able to to do it again? That would seem like a good middle ground - you don't have to meet them, but you haven't ignored them.

I think this might work actually. They have asked several times if they had worn me out

Protect your mental health at all cost.

Spending time with people that exhaust you is a waste of time.

Don't get sucked in.

Get out early.