Watermarking-Horizontal Type Mask Tool

hello, i have been using the PSE (for MAC) and watermarking my photos- suddenly, all my brushes disappeared. i have been trying, for days, to figure out where they went but cant find them. there used to be a horizontal text tool in my program, but now there is a horizontal type mask tool, i dont know what that is! and where my horizontal type text tool disappeared! now, when i open a new blank file and type a word for a watermark, the text becomes "dotted" like connect the dots/lines not solid lines like it always did before. moreover, it wont let me assign a brush. i dont know what has happened, all i know is that i cannot water mark my photos and my work is suffering. can anyone, please, please help? desperately, sos21

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