Adjustment Brush being picky

So in camera RAW CC, (and I've had this happen in CS6), I'm pretty sure I pressed the wrong key somewhere, and now my brush is being "selective" on which areas it affects. I'd like it to go back to simply affecting the area (with feather effect) normally. Know the solution to this?
Thanks.

Not a problem, thanks anyways.
I've attached a photo for better reference
My crossmark was right on the edge of the green shirt, and with the circle size being on the background, it didn't affect the background.
I know this isn't how its supposed to be because it used to work right and I've had this problem before, somehow solved itself.
The purple spot that is on the sky, that's when I brought the crossmark onto the sky, and you can see how only then it affected it.
Really frustrating with this setting as the edges affected are far too concentrated.
Any help would be awesome thanks.

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