I am presuming this is upstairs with only the loft area above ,ceiling joists are generally small timbers not really designed to carry any weight, could be a number of things plaster to heavy or storing heavy ,stuff in the loft causing your timbers to fail, but without looking its impossible to say if they have failed completely, while a suspended ceiling may cover it up it probably will not support it if it collapses sorry but think it probably needs removed.
good luck Alex