iam leveling my we (31/49 atm) and i found myself in very bad spot at the moment. Since 16 lvl when i started facing big fishes gameplay gave me a lot of fun

it was pretty hillarious why such low level was able to kill some high rr enemies


anyway....
till i reached 31 career rank i was bolstered to 48 level and now iam bolstered till 40 and i feel completely useless. I can't even kill semi afk enemies.
I have two questions:
1) is that normal or should i do something?
2) if iam playing only rvr what can i do till i reach 40? it take some days which can be really frustrating.