I'm sorry, but Molly is incorrect or at least incomplete.
Invidious means "tending to cause envy, anger, resentment or, simply, a bad feeling in other people".
So, in other words, something you do or something someone else does causes other people to feel angry, envious or some other negative emotion.
"Personally I have been put in an invidious position."
This *could* mean you are in a difficult/hard situation. But the reason it is hard is because what you have to do will cause OTHERS to had bad feelings toward you.