PSE7 suddenly won't allow me to use the brush tool on anything but transparency

I was just doodling when the brush tool suddenly stopped working. After a bit of inspection, I found it would only let me draw on transparent areas. What's the fix for this?

Your brush mode in the tool options bar might be set to Behind.
The default brush mode is Normal.
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