mysql executing_MYSQL times out after executing fixtures load

I am running MySQL on a Docker container and I am connected to my database (I,ve added items via postman so I know it’s connected). However, I tried to add doctrine fixtures and then load them but it times out. Anybody ran into this issue before?

class AppFixtures extends Fixture

{

public function load(ObjectManager $manager)

{

$blogPost = new BlogPost();

$blogPost->setTitle('A First post!');

$blogPost->setPublished(new DateTime('2019-07-01 12:00:00'));

$blogPost->setContent('Post Text!');

$blogPost->setAuthor('Chris Moreno');

$blogPost->setSlug('a-first-post');

$manager->persist($blogPost);

$blogPost = new BlogPost();

$blogPost->setTitle('A Second post!');

$blogPost->setPublished(new DateTime('2019-07-01 12:00:00'));

$blogPost->setContent('Post Text!');

$blogPost->setAuthor('Chris Moreno');

$blogPost->setSlug('a-second-post');

$manager->persist($blogPost);

$manager->flush();

}

}

error when calling this:

php bin/console doctrine:fixtures:load

error msg:

In AbstractMySQLDriver.php line 93:

An exception occurred in driver: SQLSTATE[HY000] [2002] Operation timed out